The Epidemiology of Depression and Anxiety

Principles and Practice of Geriatric Psychiatry: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 616-623

  Stewart, Robert ^a   Lindesay, James ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Anxiety; Anxiety disorder; Dementia; Depression; Depressive disorder; Disability; Epidemiology; Etiology; Social support

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874747470     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470669600.ch99     Document Type: Chapter

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