The 'research magnificent' in late life: Psychiatric epidemiology and the primary health care of older adults

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-204

  Gallo, Joseph J ^a,c   Rabins, Peter V ^a   Iliffe, Steve ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Anxiety; Dementia; Depression; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; GERIATRIC CARE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW;

EID: 0030724925     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/JF9W-9Q87-KV0F-YCY4     Document Type: Review

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