Related Experiment Videos
Assessment of depression in older people
1Community Mental Health Service for Older People, Rockingham Forest NHS Trust, St Mary's Hospital, Kettering, Northants.
Elderly Care
|June 1, 1997
Abstract:
Practitioners working in the field of mental health are becoming increasingly aware that depression and suicide in old age are a major source of concern. Peter Pillai continues the series of articles on aspects of mental health assessment co-ordinated by the RCN Steering Committee for Mental Health and Older People which explores the nurse's role in assessing depression in this particular client group.