A descriptive qualitative study of the roles of family members in older men's depression treatment from the perspectives of older men and primary care providers

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 514-522

  Hinton, Ladson ^a   Apesoa Varano, Ester Carolina ^b   Unützer, Jürgen ^c   Dwight Johnson, Megan ^d   Park, Mijung ^e   Barker, Judith C ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; family; men; primary care; qualitative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EMOTIONALITY; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOME CARE; HOME ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES; CALIFORNIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CALIFORNIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926676332     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4175     Document Type: Article

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