Causal associations between depression symptoms and cognition in a community-based cohort of older adults

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1583-1591

  Bunce, David ^a   Batterham, Philip J ^b   Christensen, Helen ^c   MacKinnon, Andrew J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c BLACK DOG INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cognition; Depression; old age; physical health; reaction time

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FACE; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LOCUS OF CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECOGNITION; RESPONSE TIME; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; WORD RECOGNITION; AGING; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATION; CONTROL; HEALTH STATUS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSATION DISORDERS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 84928211731     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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