Managing depressed and suicidal geriatric patients: Differences among primary care physicians

Gerontologist

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 417-425

  Kaplan, Mark S ^a   Adamek, Margaret E ^b   Calderon, Alvin ^c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly suicide; Mental health; Physician specialty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0032888148     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/39.4.417     Document Type: Article

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