Normal aging or depression? A qualitative study on the differences between subsyndromal depression and depression in very old people

Gerontologist

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 760-769

  Ludvigsson, Mikael ^a   Milberg, Anna ^a   Marcusson, Jan ^a   Wressle, Ewa ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Coping; Frailty; Healthy aging; Subthreshold depression; Successful aging

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGE; AGING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84943371886     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnt162     Document Type: Article

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