Psychiatry: life events and social support in late life depression

OBJECTIVES: To examine the association of life events and social support in the broadly defined category of depression in late life. INTRODUCTION: Negative life events and lack of social support are associated with depression in the elderly. Currently, there are limited studies examining the associa...

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Main Authors: Clóvis Alexandrino-Silva, Tânia Ferraz Alves, Luís Fernando Tófoli, Yuan-Pang Wang, Laura Helena Andrade
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina / USP 2011-01-01
Series:Clinics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322011000200009