Cognitive function, functional performance and severity of depression in Chinese older persons with late-onset depression

East Asian Archives of Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-17

  Tam, Cindy Woon Chi ^a   Lam, L C W ^b  

^a NORTH DISTRICT HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Cognition disorders; Depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APATHY; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPISODIC MEMORY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; LATE ONSET DEPRESSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOOD DISORDER; PARKINSONISM; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RATING SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COGNITION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859494229     PISSN: 20789947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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