Addressing the needs of older people with co-morbid alcohol and mental health disorders: a case series from a London Community Mental Health Team (CMHT);

Advances in Dual Diagnosis

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-16

 

^a Tony), Rahul   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorders in the elderly; Dual diagnosis; Ethics; Mental capacity; Mental illness; Multimodal treatment; Older people; Psychosocial interventions; Treatment effectiveness evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986109105     PISSN: 17570972     EISSN: 20428324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17570971111155577     Document Type: Article

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