An outpatient psychotherapy clinic for the elderly: Rationale, establishment and characteristics

Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 191-200

  Payman, Vahid ^a,b  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Monash Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Clinic; Elderly; Outpatient; Psychotherapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOTHERAPY;

EID: 78650371939     PISSN: 17585864     EISSN: 17585872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1758-5872.2010.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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