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Anxious depression among the elderly — clinical and phenomenological correlates
Author(s)	T R Lynch, J S Compton, T Mendelson
Journal title	Aging & Mental Health, vol 4, no 3, August 2000
Pages	pp 268-274
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Depression ; Anxiety ; Stress ; Evaluation ; Correlation ; United States of America.
Annotation	Clinical, historical and phenomenological correlates of anxious depression were investigated in 150 depressed elders from the NIMH Clinical Research Center (CRC) for the Study of Depression in Late Life, Duke University. Regression analyses indicated that comorbidity of anxiety and depression was associated with a history of a greater number of depressive episodes, more negative stressors, and with a higher self-reported average stress level over the previous 6 months. Significant bivariate correlates also included feeling sinful, guilty or worthless, early depressive onset, and attempted suicide. The findings suggest a stress-related younger age of onset sub-type of elderly depression which is clinically distinct from late onset elderly depression. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-001018230 A
Classmark	ENR: ENP: QNH: 4C: 49: 7T
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