Assessment of the mental state in medically ill adults

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 643-647

  Gjaerum, Bente ^a   Blomhoff, Svein ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CONSULTATION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LIAISON PSYCHIATRY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL TEST; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PSYCHIATRY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

EID: 0031736459     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-199811000-00008     Document Type: Review

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