Use of mental health care by community-dwelling older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-56

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

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; attitudes; depression; mental health care; perceived need

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; COGNITION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; SELF CARE;

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78651390365     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03220.x     Document Type: Article

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