Unmet needs for services for older adults with mental illness: Comparison of views of different stakeholder groups

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 530-540

  Palinkas, Lawrence A ^a,c   Criado, Viviana ^d   Fuentes, Dahlia ^a,b,d   Shepherd, Sally ^e   Milian, Hans ^d   Folsom, David ^b   Jeste, Dilip V ^b,f  

^a Department of Family and Preventive Medicine ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Adult and Older Adult Mental Health Services   (United States)

^e National Alliance on Mental Illness   (United States)

^f VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Health services research; Mental illness; Prevention; Qualitative methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSENSUS; CONSUMER; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOUSING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIALIZATION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH;

EID: 34547691333     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3180381505     Document Type: Article

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