The characteristics of Indian subcontinent origin elders newly referred to a psychogeriatric service

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 446-453

  Odutoye, Koye ^a   Shah, Ajit ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnic minority; Old age psychiatry; Services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANGLADESH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INDIA; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PAKISTAN; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SRI LANKA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0032993602     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199906)14:6<446::AID-GPS950>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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