Prevalence of depression among geriatric population

Background: Life expectancy has increased in India, elderly population is currently the second largest in the world and 20% of illness in the elderly is due to mental or a neurological illness and the most common being dementia and depression. Aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of depress...

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Published in:Indian Journal of Psychiatric Nursing
Main Authors: Sindhu Gopal, Meena Chacko, Punita A Sharma, D Mitra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-07-01
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/2231-1505.262450