Suicidal ideation in elderly bereaved: The role of complicated grief

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 194-207

  Szanto, Katalin ^a,b   Prigerson, Holly ^a   Houck, Patricia ^a   Ehrenpreis, Lin ^a   Reynolds III, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0030858304     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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