Depression and use of antidepressants in Swedish nursing homes: A 12-month follow-up study

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 669-675

  Midlöv, Patrik ^a   Andersson, Martin ^a   Östgren, Carl Johan ^b   Mölstad, Sigvard ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Dementia; Depression; Nursing homes; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; CORNELL SCALE FOR DEPRESSION IN DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOME FOR THE AGED; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; POLYPHARMACY; PREVALENCE; SWEDEN;

EID: 84896399660     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610213002354     Document Type: Review

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