Recognition and Management of Depression in Skilled-Nursing and Long-Term Care Settings: Evolving Targets for Quality Improvement

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 288-295

  Boyle, Vicki L ^a   Roychoudhury, Canopy ^a   Beniak, Renee ^a   Cohn, Lisa ^a   Bayer, Albert ^a   Katz, Ira ^b  

^a MPRO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RATING SCALE; RECOGNITION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 2342472137     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200405000-00008     Document Type: Article

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