Stressful life events and neuroticism as predictors of late-life versus early-life depression

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 221-228

  Weber, Kerstin ^a   Giannakopoulos, Panteleimon ^a,c   Herrmann, François R ^a   Bartolomei, Javier ^a   Digiorgio, Sergio ^a   Ortiz Chicherio, Nadia ^a   Delaloye, Christophe ^a,b   Ghisletta, Paolo ^b,d   Lecerf, Thierry ^b,d   De Ribaupierre, Anik ^b   Canuto, Alessandra ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c Hopital de Cery   (Switzerland)

^d Distance Learning University Switzerland   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age; Late life depression; Life events; Neuroticism; Physical health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULATIVE ILLNESS RATING SCALE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EARLY LIFE DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LATE LIFE DEPRESSION; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSIS; ONSET AGE; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL READJUSTMENT RATING SCALE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE; LATE-LIFE DEPRESSION; LIFE EVENTS; NEUROTICISM; PHYSICAL HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CAUSALITY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84897052020     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyg.12024     Document Type: Article

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