Assessing psychiatric illness in geriatric patients

Clinical Cornerstone

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 23-33

  Tune, Larry ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANHEDONIA; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; ENERGY; FATIGUE; GERIATRICS; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOBILIZATION; PHENOMENOLOGY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOM; SYNDROME;

EID: 0035025696     PISSN: 10983597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1098-3597(01)90059-6     Document Type: Article

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