Routine clinical outcomes measurement in old age psychiatry

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 990-995

  MacDonald, Alastair ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERVENTION STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; ROUTINE CLINICAL OUTCOME MEASUREMENT; SENESCENCE;

AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 75149119668     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610209990779     Document Type: Editorial

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