Increased prevalence of falls among elderly individuals with mental health and substance abuse conditions

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 611-619

  Finkelstein, Eric ^a   Prabhu, Malavika ^b   Chen, Hong ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Elderly populations; Fall injuries; Medical costs; Mental health; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL INJURY; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FALL INJURY; FALL RISK; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; ADDICTION; COMORBIDITY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MIDDLE AGED; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 34548068081     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e318033ed97     Document Type: Article

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