Six-month longitudinal patterns of mental health treatment utilization by older adults with depressive symptoms

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1353-1360

  Gum, Amber M ^a   Iser, Lindsay ^a   King Kallimanis, Bellinda L ^b   Petkus, Andrew ^c   DeMuth, Anne ^a   Schonfeld, Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRESCRIPTION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857837687     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.62.11.pss6211_1353     Document Type: Article

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