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The conundrum of depressive symptom-frailty comorbidity and overlap

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2021

Rhian Milton-Cole*
Affiliation:
Department of Population Health Sciences, School of Population Health and Environmental Sciences, King’s College London, London, UK
Brendon Stubbs
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London, London, UK Physiotherapy Department, South London, and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK

Abstract

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© International Psychogeriatric Association 2021

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