Should old age psychiatry develop memory clinics? A comparison with domiciliary work

Psychiatric Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 78-82

  Simpson, Steve ^a   Beavis, Diane ^b   Dyer, John ^a   Ball, Sue ^a  

^a Hospital Lane   (United Kingdom)

^b Forston Clinic   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 1542580053     PISSN: 09556036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.28.3.78     Document Type: Article

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