What was good about admission to an aged psychiatry ward? The subjective experiences of patients with depression

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 628-640

  Pollitt, Penelope A ^a,b   O'Connor, Daniel W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Kingston Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Patient attitudes; Psychogeriatric hospitalization; Qualitative evidence

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 41549126062     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161020700600X     Document Type: Article

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