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Martin Prince

Professor of Epidemiological Psychiatry, Health Service and Population Research …
Verified email at kcl.ac.uk
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The burden of disease in older people and implications for health policy and practice

MJ Prince, F Wu, Y Guo, LMG Robledo, M O'Donnell… - The lancet, 2015 - thelancet.com
23% of the total global burden of disease is attributable to disorders in people aged 60 years
and older. Although the proportion of the burden arising from older people (≥60 years) is …

Review of community prevalence of depression in later life

ATF Beekman, J Copeland, MJ Prince - The British Journal of …, 1999 - cambridge.org
BackgroundDespite considerable interest, there is no consensus regarding the prevalence
of depression in later life.AimsTo assess the prevalence of late-life depression in the …

Development of the EURO–D scale–a European Union initiative to compare symptoms of depression in 14 European centres

MJ Prince, F Reischies, ATF Beekman… - The British Journal of …, 1999 - cambridge.org
BackgroundIn an 11-country European collaboration, 14 population-based surveys included
21 724 subjects aged ⩾65 years. Most participating centres used the Geriatric Mental State (…

Epidemiology of dementias and Alzheimer's disease

AL Sosa-Ortiz, I Acosta-Castillo, MJ Prince - Archives of medical research, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Global population aging has been one of the defining processes
of the twentieth century, with profound economic, political and social consequences. It is …

Obsessive-compulsive disorder: prevalence, comorbidity, impact, and help-seeking in the British National Psychiatric Morbidity Survey of 2000

AR Torres, MJ Prince, PE Bebbington… - American Journal of …, 2006 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: There is little information about obsessive-compulsive disorder in large representative
community samples. The authors aimed to establish obsessive-compulsive disorder …

Social support deficits, loneliness and life events as risk factors for depression in old age. The Gospel Oak Project VI

MJ Prince, RH Harwood, RA Blizard… - Psychological …, 1997 - cambridge.org
Background. A companion paper reported a very strong cross-sectional association between
handicap and late-life depression. Adjusting for handicap weakened associations between …

A prospective population-based cohort study of the effects of disablement and social milieu on the onset and maintenance of late-life depression. The Gospel Oak …

MJ Prince, RH Harwood, A Thomas… - Psychological …, 1998 - cambridge.org
Background. Population-based studies suggest substantial co-morbidity between physical
illness and depression in late-life. However, a causal relationship has not been established. If …

Is the cognitive function of older patients affected by antihypertensive treatment? Results from 54 months of the Medical Research Council's treatment trial of …

MJ Prince, AS Bird, RA Blizard, AH Mann - 1996 - bmj.com
Objective: To establish whether initiation of treatment with diuretic or β blocker is associated
over 54 months with change in cognitive function. Design: A cognitive substudy, nested …

Depression in Europe: geographical distribution among older people

…, AH Mann, I Meller, MJ Prince… - The British Journal of …, 1999 - cambridge.org
BackgroundThis is the first report of results from the EURODEP Programme.AimsTo assess
the prevalence of depression judged suitable for intervention in randomised samples of …

[HTML][HTML] Depression among older people in Europe: the EURODEP studies

…, H Magnusson, AH Mann, I Meller, MJ Prince… - World …, 2004 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The data from nine centres in Europe which had used the Geriatric Mental Scale (GMS)
AGECAT were analysed to compare prevalence of diagnoses in subjects aged 65 years and …