Prevalence of psychiatric morbidity amongst the community dwelling rural older adults in northern India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 138, Issue OCT, 2013, Pages 504-514

  Tiwari, S C ^a   Srivastava, Garima ^a,d   Tripathi, Rakesh Kumar ^a   Pandey, N M ^a   Agarwal, G G ^b   Pandey, Smita ^a,e   Tiwari, Samyak ^c  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

^c Hind Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

^e GUJARAT FORENSIC SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Aged; CAMDEX R; Cognitive disorders; Dementia; Epidemiology; HMSE; Mood disorders; Northern India; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAMBRIDGE MENTAL DISORDER OF THE ELDERLY EXAMINATION REVISED; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HINDI MENTAL STATUS EXAMINATION; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; MORBIDITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHEDULE FOR CLINICAL ASSESSMENT IN NEUROPSYCHIATRY; SURVEY PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84887327476     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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