The Mental Health of Elderly Couples I. The Effects of a Cognitively Impaired Spouse

Eagles, John; A. G. Beattie, J.; W. Blackwood, G.; B. Restall, D.; Ashcroft, G

doi:10.1192/bjp.150.3.299

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The Mental Health of Elderly Couples I. The Effects of a Cognitively Impaired Spouse

Published in The British Journal of Psychiatry • Mar 1, 1987

Authors:

John Eagles

J. A. G. Beattie

G. W. Blackwood

Abstract

In a general practice population, 274 elderly married couples completed the Mental Status Questionnaire (MSQ), the 60-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ) and the Leeds General Scales for the Self-assessment of Depression and Anxiety. The only relationship detected between cognitive impairment on...

Subject

Spouse

Depression (economics)

Anxiety

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