Mental health unit for the elderly (UNID) of the Department of Psychiatry of 'Santa Casa de Sāo Paulo' Medical School: Clinical features of subjects attending the outpatient clinic;Unidade para idosos (UNID) do Departamento de Saúde Mental da Santa Casa de São Paulo: Características clínicas de pacientes atendidos em nível ambulatorial

Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 291-296

  Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a   Garrido, Regiane ^a   Tamai, Sérgio ^a  

^a Depto Saude Mental S Casa S Paulo   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ageing, elderly; Dementia; Depression; Mental disorders; Mental health; Old age

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043051599     PISSN: 00472085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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