Current status of psychotherapy for mental disorders in the elderly

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 32-38

  Gum, Amber ^a   Areán, Patricia A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSTHYMIA; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TELECOMMUNICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

AGED; AGING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 2342505746     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-004-0035-7     Document Type: Review

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