Organization of old age psychiatric services

Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 49-54

  Banerjee, Sube ^a,b   Chan, Jenifer ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Jenifer Chan MRCPsych is a Specialist Registrar in Old Age Psychiatry on the Maudsley Rotation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

care; dementia; depression; organization; services; treatment

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DAY CARE; DEPRESSION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 38849149073     PISSN: 14761793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mppsy.2007.12.002     Document Type: Review

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