Perceived need for mental health care among community-dwelling older adults

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 704-712

  Garrido, Melissa M ^a,b   Kane, Robert L ^b   Kaas, Merrie ^c   Kane, Rosalie A ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attitudes; Beliefs; Depression; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CULTURE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 70350439772     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbp073     Document Type: Article

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