Apathy in late-life depression: Common, persistent, and disabling

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 488-494

  Yuen, Genevieve S ^a   Bhutani, Saumya ^a   Lucas, Bryony J ^a   Gunning, Faith M ^a   Abdelmalak, Bassem ^a   Seirup, Joanna K ^a   Klimstra, Sibel A ^a   Alexopoulos, George S ^a  

^a The Cornell Institute of Geriatric Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

amotivation; Apathy; atypical depression; disability; function; geriatric

Indexed keywords

ESCITALOPRAM; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM;

ADULT; AGED; APATHY; APATHY EVALUATION SCALE; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAMILTON DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; HUMAN; LATE LIFE DEPRESSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MATTIS DEMENTIA RATING SCALE; REST; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DISABILITY ASSESSMENT SCALE II; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; LATE ONSET DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS, SECOND-GENERATION; APATHY; CITALOPRAM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LATE ONSET DISORDERS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84928211795     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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