A study of predictive factors for depression in medically ill geriatric patients

Background: The elderly age group comprises a particularly vulnerable group as they often have multiple co-existing medical and psychological problems. Depression is the commonest psychiatric illness in the elderly and various factors unique to old age play a role in the occurrence of depression. Ai...

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Main Authors: K Rohit, Raghuram Macharapu, Pramod KR Mallepalli, Sateesh R Babu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Archives of Mental Health
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Online Access:http://www.amhonline.org/article.asp?issn=2589-9171;year=2016;volume=17;issue=1;spage=83;epage=89;aulast=Rohit;type=0