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Peer reviewedWaxman, Howard M.; Carner, Erwin A. – Gerontologist, 1984
Interviewed 140 elderly medical patients and found that the measured 22 percent prevalence of mental impairment was not reflected in the patients' utilization of mental health services or in their presenting complaints to their physicians. Subsequent interviews with their physicians revealed inadequate recognition, diagnosis, and treatment of…
Descriptors: Geriatrics, Identification, Medical Care Evaluation, Mental Disorders
