What Characterizes Late-Life Depression?

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 483-496

  Ismail, Zahinoor ^a,b   Fischer, Corinne ^c   McCall, W Vaughn ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar; Complications in depression; Geriatric medicine; Late life depression; Sleep disturbance; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGING; APATHY; BEREAVEMENT; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; GRIEF; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; INSOMNIA; LATE LIFE DEPRESSION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUBSYNDROMAL DEPRESSION; SUBTHRESHOLD DEPRESSION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM;

BIPOLAR; COMPLICATIONS IN DEPRESSION; GERIATRIC MEDICINE; LATE-LIFE DEPRESSION; SLEEP DISTURBANCE; SUICIDE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; APATHY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SLEEP DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 84887612003     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: 15583147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2013.08.010     Document Type: Review

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