Author:
Cobb Stephanie,Shepherd Melanie
Abstract
Broomfield and Birch (2009) have shown that referrals of people over 65 to primary care mental health services are proportionally lower than expected. We investigated whether this situation is replicated in our London borough and discuss ideas for addressing the problem.
Publisher
British Psychological Society
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