## Abstract An Erratum has been published for this article in International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 16(11) 2001, 1085β1091. ## Background Psychotic (delusional) major depression (PMD) in the elderly is a common condition in inpatient settings. There is evidence that late age onset depress
Psychotic (delusional) major depression in the elderly and suicidal behaviour
β Scribed by Lefteris Lykouras; Rossetos Gournellis; Andreas Fortos; Panagiotis Oulis; George N. Christodoulou
- Book ID
- 114130981
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 54 KB
- Volume
- 69
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0165-0327
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