Stability and change in level of probable depression and depressive symptoms in a sample of middle and older-aged adults

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 303-309

  Burns, Richard A ^a   Butterworth, Peter ^a   Luszcz, Mary ^b   Anstey, Kaarin J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

depression; longitudinal studies; psychogeriatrics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYMPTOM ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84871505819     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212001470     Document Type: Article

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