Prevention of Mental Disorders in Late Life

Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 844-849

  Cuijpers, Pim ^a   Smit, Filip ^a,b   Lebowitz, Barry D ^c   Beekman, Aartjan T F ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; High risk groups; Indicated prevention; Major depressive disorder; Older adults; Prevention; Selective prevention; Target groups; Universal prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861380500     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470669600.ch136     Document Type: Chapter

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