Low use of mental health services among older Americans with mood and anxiety disorders

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 66-72

  Byers, Amy L ^a,b   Arean, Patricia A ^a   Yaffe, Kristine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELDERLY CARE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; RACE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; MALE; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857859377     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201100121     Document Type: Article

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