## A COMMITMENT TO CHANGE The commitment to developing mental health services away from their traditional institutional base into the community is now widespread and old age psychiatry has been prominent in that process. Recognizing the magnitude of the task in many districts, in 1991 the Departm
Mental health service delivery to older people in New South Wales: perceptions of aged care, adult mental health and mental health services for older people
โ Scribed by Brian Draper; Tanya Jochelson; David Kitching; John Snowdon; Henry Brodaty; Bob Russell
- Book ID
- 108930154
- Publisher
- Informa plc
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 83 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-8674
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