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Two years of psychogeriatric consultations in a nursing home: reasons for referral compared to psychiatrists' assessment

BACKGROUND: In spite of the high prevalence of psychiatric disorders among elderly residents in nursing homes, only a small number of patients in need of specialist care are referred to a psychiatric consultant. The aim of this research was to evaluate the consultation activity and the appropriatene...

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Autores principales: Callegari, Camilla MT, Menchetti, Marco, Croci, Giovanni, Beraldo, Scilla, Costantini, Chiara, Baranzini, Federico
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1526431/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16772021
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6963-6-73