Four cohorts of patients of 65 years or more who had contact with a mental health service in the first 3 months of 1975, 1977, 1979 and 1981 were followed for 1 year to study their pattern of care. Data were collected in a psychiatric case register covering a town of approximately 45,000 inhabitants
The Mental Health of the Childless Elderly
β Scribed by Zheng Wu; Randy Hart
- Book ID
- 110681225
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 120 KB
- Volume
- 72
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0038-0245
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