
Impact of late-life depression on the social network.
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Blazer, DG
Published in: Am J Psychiatry
February 1983
The author tested the hypothesis that a major depressive disorder contributes to a decline in social support by studying data from 331 subjects 65 years of age and older who had been selected at random from a larger community group and screened for a major depressive disorder and the availability of social supports. Impaired social support was associated with the presence of a major depressive disorder. Thirty months later, however, the surviving subjects whose social supports had improved were 2.62 times more likely to have been depressed earlier than those whose social supports did not improve. Major depressive disorder was a significant predictor of improvement in social supports at follow-up.
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Am J Psychiatry
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0002-953X
Publication Date
February 1983
Volume
140
Issue
2
Start / End Page
162 / 166
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Social Support
- Social Environment
- Sex Factors
- Psychiatry
- Marriage
- Male
- Humans
- Follow-Up Studies
- Female
- Ethnicity
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Blazer, D. G. (1983). Impact of late-life depression on the social network. Am J Psychiatry, 140(2), 162–166. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.140.2.162
Blazer, D. G. “Impact of late-life depression on the social network.” Am J Psychiatry 140, no. 2 (February 1983): 162–66. https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.140.2.162.
Blazer DG. Impact of late-life depression on the social network. Am J Psychiatry. 1983 Feb;140(2):162–6.
Blazer, D. G. “Impact of late-life depression on the social network.” Am J Psychiatry, vol. 140, no. 2, Feb. 1983, pp. 162–66. Pubmed, doi:10.1176/ajp.140.2.162.
Blazer DG. Impact of late-life depression on the social network. Am J Psychiatry. 1983 Feb;140(2):162–166.

Published In
Am J Psychiatry
DOI
ISSN
0002-953X
Publication Date
February 1983
Volume
140
Issue
2
Start / End Page
162 / 166
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Social Support
- Social Environment
- Sex Factors
- Psychiatry
- Marriage
- Male
- Humans
- Follow-Up Studies
- Female
- Ethnicity