Book section · January 1, 2019
The Veterans Benefits Administration(VBA)provides disability compensation to veterans with a service-connected injury, and to receive disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs(VA), a veteran must submit a claim or have a claim submitt ...
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Book section · January 1, 2017
Depression is perhaps the most frequent cause of emotional suffering in later life and significantly decreases quality of life in older adults. In recent years, the literature on late-life depression has exploded. Many gaps in our understanding of the outc ...
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Book section · January 1, 2016
The science of epidemiology has much to offer in assisting clinical investigators and practicing psychiatrists to place the work on inpatient units and outpatient clinics into context. Epidemiologists first emphasize the importance of case identification a ...
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Book section · October 15, 2013
Objective: Major depression is a frequent and disabling psychiatric disorder in the United States. This report examines the prevalence and risk factor profile of both pure and comorbid major depression according to data from the National Comorbidity Survey ...
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Book section · October 15, 2013
OBJECTIVE: The authors' goal was to characterize the clinical and demographic features of vascular depression. METHOD: They classified 89 depressed patients into two groups-those with vascular (N = 32) and nonvascular (N = 57) depression-on the basis of ex ...
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Book section · January 1, 2003
The authors present data on the epidemiology of psychiatric disorders in older adults, with a particular focus on two prevalent syndromes: dementia and depressive disorders. Key data are presented in the context of the essential tasks of an epidemiologist: ...
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