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| Pathway to psychiatric care of the elderly with depression | | Author(s) | Martin G Cole, Mark J Yaffe |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 11, no 2, February 1996 |
| Pages | pp 157-161 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Psychiatric treatment. |
| Annotation | This study describes a pathway to psychiatric care for older people with depression: psychiatric morbidity in the community; detection of depression in primary care; referral to psychiatric services; and admission to psychiatric units. It concludes that only a small percentage of older people with moderate to severe depression are assessed or treated by a psychiatrist. |
| Accession Number | CPA-960226016 A |
| Classmark | ENR: LP |
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