Prevalence of depressive disorders in the elderly

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 620-624

  Barua, Ankur ^a   Ghosh, Mihir ^b   Kar, Nilamadhab ^c   Basilio, Mary ^d  

^a MELAKA MANIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b SIKKIM MANIPAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c Department of Psychiatry   (United Kingdom)

^d Department of Psychology and Psychological Counselling   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR DISORDER; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; INDIA; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGED; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 81255203514     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4947.87100     Document Type: Review

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