Ageism can influence the diagnosis of depression in older adults because of a tendency of society to dismiss the "old person" as just being "grumpy." However, some older adults do experience depression that needs to be diagnosed and treated . One needs only to review the cases in nursing and convale
Pharmacotherapy of Pain in Depressed Older Adults
✍ Scribed by Jürgen Unützer; Bruce Ferrell; Elizabeth H. B. Lin; Tonya Marmon
- Book ID
- 109128560
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 85 KB
- Volume
- 52
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-8614
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