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Screening for mental illness in the elderly

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

J.D.D. Laidlaw
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry for the Elderly, Campbell Centre, Milton Keynes MK6 5LE
E. Zapata
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry for the Elderly, Campbell Centre, Milton Keynes MK6 5LE
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994

References

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Copeland, J.R.M., Dewey, M.E. & Wood, N. (1987) Range of mental illness among the elderly in the community: prevalence in Liverpool using the GMS-AGECAT Package. British Journal of Psychiatry, 150, 815823.Google Scholar
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