Mental health service use among Canadian older adults with anxiety disorders and clinically significant anxiety symptoms

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 790-800

  Scott, Tiffany ^a   MacKenzie, Corey S ^a   Chipperfield, Judith G ^a   Sareen, Jitender ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

anxiety; mental health; older adults; service utilization

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY; CANADA; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77956036493     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607861003713273     Document Type: Article

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