Suicidal feelings in a population sample of nondemented 85-year-olds

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 153, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1015-1020

  Skoog, Ingmar ^a   Aevarsson, Ólafur ^b   Beskow, Jan ^b   Larsson, Lena ^b   Palsson, Sigurdur ^b   Waern, Margda ^b   Landahl, Sten ^b   Östling, Svante ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0029813817     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.153.8.1015     Document Type: Article

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