Psychosocial factors associated with the use/non-use of mental health services by primary carers of individuals with dementia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 310-314

  Mockler, Darren ^a   Riordan, John ^b   Murphy, Marian ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Thorpe Coombe Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c Mental Health Care of Older People   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers; Dementia; Health; Service use; SOC; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TIME;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEMENTIA; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031749526     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199805)13:5<310::AID-GPS765>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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