Anxiety and depression in the elderly;Angst und depression bei älteren menschen

Zeitschrift fur Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 336-356

  Schneider, Gudrun ^a   Heuft, Gereon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Diagnostics; Old age; Pharmacotherapy; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 84874151738     PISSN: 14383608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13109/zptm.2012.58.4.336     Document Type: Article

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