Depression and anxiety symptoms in male veterans and non-veterans: The Health and Retirement Study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 623-630

  Gould, Christine E ^a,b   Rideaux, Tiffany ^a,b   Spira, Adam P ^c,e   Beaudreau, Sherry A ^a,b,d  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; older adults; veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; CELL SIZE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; HISPANIC; HRS PSYCHOSOCIAL QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VETERAN; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VETERANS;

EID: 84928991277     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4193     Document Type: Article

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