Anxiety, depression, and comorbid anxiety and depression: Risk factors and outcome over two years

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1622-1632

  Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a,b,c   Draper, Brian ^d   Pirkis, Jane ^e   Snowdon, John ^f   Lautenschlager, Nicola T ^a,b,e   Byrne, Gerard ^g   Sim, Moira ^h   Stocks, Nigel ⁱ   Kerse, Ngaire ^j   Flicker, Leon ^b,c,k   Pfaff, Jon J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^h EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^k UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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Author keywords

anxiety disorder; elderly; epidemiology; mixed state; mood disorder; prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYMPTOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84865476019     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161021200107X     Document Type: Article

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