Prevalence of major depressive disorders and suicide in long-term care facilities: A report from northern Thailand

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-17

  Wongpakaran, Nahathai ^a   Wongpakaran, Tinakon ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Long term care; Major depressive disorder; Thai

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE SYMPTOM INDEX; CORNELL SCALE FOR DEPRESSION IN DEMENTIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE 15; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; THAILAND;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; THAILAND;

EID: 84858383285     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2011.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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