Mental health and the aging population: Implications for rehabilitation counselors

Journal of Rehabilitation

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 13-18

  Swett, Elizabeth A ^a   Bishop, Malachy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE STRESS DISORDER; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDER; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONSUMER; COUNSELING; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MENTAL HEALTH; PANIC; PHOBIA; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELAPSE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKILL; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 0038719823     PISSN: 00224154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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