The use of assessment scales in Old Age Psychiatry Services in England and Northern Ireland

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-255

  Reilly, Siobhan ^a   Challis, D ^a   Burns, A ^a   Hughes, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; EVALUATION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC CARE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL CARE; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGING; DOCUMENTATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORTHERN IRELAND; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 2442616207     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860410001669787     Document Type: Article

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