Psychogeriatric inpatient suicides in Australia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-19

  Shah, Ajit ^a,c   Ganesvaran, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NEMPS   (Australia)

^c WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Inpatient suicides; Suicides

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; ONSET AGE; SUICIDE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 0031014039     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199701)12:1<15::AID-GPS415>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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