Indicators of elder abuse: A crossnational comparison of psychiatric morbidity and other determinants in the Ad-HOC study

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 489-497

  Cooper, Claudia ^a   Katona, Cornelius ^a   Finne Soveri, Harriet ^a   Topinková, Eva ^a   Carpenter, G Iain ^a   Livingston, Gill ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Depression; Elder abuse; Prevalence; Services

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFLICT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECUBITUS; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ABUSE; PREVALENCE; SCREENING;

EID: 33744911087     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JGP.0000192498.18316.b6     Document Type: Article

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