Psychiatric Morbidity in Cohabitants of Community Dwelling Elderly Depresseves
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Psychiatric morbidity in cohabitants of community-dwelling elderly depressives.
OBJECTIVE To determine the effect of living with a depressed elderly individual on the mental health of the cohabitant carer. METHOD Case-control study comparing rates of psychiatric morbidity in cohabitants of depressed versus well elderly. SETTING Community sample. PARTICIPANTS 44 couples, one partner with AGECAT depression, and 44 couples, one partner diagnosed well by AGECAT. Cohabita...
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0002-0729,1468-2834
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/27.suppl_2.37-a