The correlation between emotional distress and aging males' symptoms at a psychiatric outpatient clinic: Sexual dysfunction as a distinguishing characteristic between andropause and anxiety/depression in aging men

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 635-640

  Chen, Ching Yen ^a,b,c   Lee, Chin Pang ^a,b   Chen, Yu ^a,b,c   Jiang, Jun Ran ^a,b,c   Chu, Chun Lin ^a,b,c   Chen, Chun Liang ^a,b,c  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Androgen deficiency; Anxiety; Depression; Erectile dysfunction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; AGING MALES' SYMPTOMS SCALE; ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ANDROPAUSE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MOOD DISORDER; OUTPATIENT; POTENCY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM;

ANDROGEN DEFICIENCY; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROPAUSE; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTIONS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TAIWAN;

EID: 84878890610     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S45190     Document Type: Article

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