Older people with depression: Pilot study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 23-32

  Minardi, Henry A ^a   Blanchard, Martin ^b  

^a ST CHARLES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community mental health nurses; Day centre; Depression; Older adults; Pilot study; Psychosocial interventions

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXAMINATION; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEW; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONELINESS; MALE; MANAGER; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAXONOMY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; LONELINESS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 1842841754     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2003.02962.x     Document Type: Article

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