Liaison psychiatry for older people - An overlooked opportunity

Age and Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 205-207

  Anderson, David ^a   Holmes, John ^b  

^a Mossley Hill Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; FLUOXETINE; PLACEBO;

AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONSULTATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; LIAISON PSYCHIATRY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGING; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 19044377104     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afi073     Document Type: Editorial

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