Studies on the relationship between depression and mortality in elderly community populations have yielded contradictory findings, although an association frequently is found in studies of elderly psy
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Studies on the relationship between depression and mortality in elderly community populations have yielded contradictory findings, although an association frequently is found in studies of elderly psychiatric patients.
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- The Mental Health of the Childless Elderly (2002) · doi
Although the (mixed) effects of childlessness on the mental health of the elderly are well documented in the literature, little is known about the social distribution of psychological distress and depression within this population: how well the childless elderly live, the status of their mental health, and what factors affect their psychological well‐being are all crucial questions that remain unanswered.
Keywords: well mental health elderly psychological mixed effects childlessness documented literature little known social distribution distress - Depressive Symptoms and Mortality in Elderly Persons (1992) · doi
Studies on the relationship between depression and mortality in elderly community populations have yielded contradictory findings, although an association frequently is found in studies of elderly psychiatric patients.
Keywords: elderly relationship depression mortality community populations yielded contradictory association frequently found psychiatric patients - A Qualitative Study of Marital Process and Depressionin Older Couples<sup>*</sup> (2002) · doi
Although research has established that depression in later life can negatively impact the quality of an individual's life, few studies have addressed the relationship between depression and marital process in aging couples.
Keywords: depression life established later negatively impact quality individual addressed relationship marital process aging couples
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