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Mental health services use by elderly adults in a primary care setting.

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Goldstrom, ID; Burns, BJ; Kessler, LG; Feuerberg, MA; Larson, DB; Miller, NE; Cromer, WJ

Published in: J Gerontol

March 1987

This study examined the use of general health, mental health, and other medical specialty services by elderly persons 65 and older with mental disorders and compares them with adults 45 to 64 and 18 to 44. Data were collected at the Bunker Hill Health Center (BHHC), a Boston neighborhood health center providing a broad range of ambulatory medical and specialty mental health services. Results show that the 5-year rate of mental disorder diagnoses for elderly individuals is not significantly different from persons 45 to 64, although it is higher than the rate for young adults 18 to 44. Not only were elderly adults less likely to see a mental health specialist, but when they did, their use of mental health specialty services was usually lower.

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Author Barbara Jean Burns Psychiatry, Child & Family Mental Health & Community Psychia ...

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J Gerontol

DOI

10.1093/geronj/42.2.147

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0022-1422

Publication Date

March 1987

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147 / 153

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United States

Related Subject Headings

Primary Health Care
Middle Aged
Mental Health Services
Humans
Community Health Centers
Boston
Aged
Adult

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Goldstrom, I. D., Burns, B. J., Kessler, L. G., Feuerberg, M. A., Larson, D. B., Miller, N. E., & Cromer, W. J. (1987). Mental health services use by elderly adults in a primary care setting. J Gerontol, 42(2), 147–153. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/42.2.147

Goldstrom, I. D., B. J. Burns, L. G. Kessler, M. A. Feuerberg, D. B. Larson, N. E. Miller, and W. J. Cromer. “Mental health services use by elderly adults in a primary care setting.” J Gerontol 42, no. 2 (March 1987): 147–53. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/42.2.147.

Goldstrom ID, Burns BJ, Kessler LG, Feuerberg MA, Larson DB, Miller NE, et al. Mental health services use by elderly adults in a primary care setting. J Gerontol. 1987 Mar;42(2):147–53.

Goldstrom, I. D., et al. “Mental health services use by elderly adults in a primary care setting.” J Gerontol, vol. 42, no. 2, Mar. 1987, pp. 147–53. Pubmed, doi:10.1093/geronj/42.2.147.

Goldstrom ID, Burns BJ, Kessler LG, Feuerberg MA, Larson DB, Miller NE, Cromer WJ. Mental health services use by elderly adults in a primary care setting. J Gerontol. 1987 Mar;42(2):147–153.

Published In

J Gerontol

DOI

10.1093/geronj/42.2.147

ISSN

0022-1422

Publication Date

March 1987

Volume

Issue

Start / End Page

147 / 153

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

Primary Health Care
Middle Aged
Mental Health Services
Humans
Community Health Centers
Boston
Aged
Adult