Perceived barriers to mental health care and goal setting among depressed, community-dwelling older adults

Patient Preference and Adherence

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 145-149

  Weinberger, Mark I ^a   Mateo, Camila ^b   Sirey, Jo Anne ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Depression; Older adults; Perceived barriers to care

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955392169     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1177889X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S5722     Document Type: Article

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