Do medically unexplained somatic symptoms predict depression in older Chinese?

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-126

  Yu, Doris S F ^a   Lee, Diana T F ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

depression; medically unexplained somatic symptoms; older Chinese; somatization

Indexed keywords

AGED; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEADACHE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH INVENTORY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; PSYCHOSOMATICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STOMACH PAIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 84855432177     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2692     Document Type: Article

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