Cross-discipline disparities in perceptions of mental disorders in a long-term care facility

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 792-797

  Podgorski, Carol Ann ^a,b   Tariot, Pierre N ^a,b   Blazina, Linda ^a   Cox, Christopher ^a   Leibovici, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b Monroe Community Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; ORGANIC PSYCHOSYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE;

EID: 0029890430     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1996.tb03735.x     Document Type: Article

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