One hundred cases of attempted suicide in the elderly

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 171, Issue JULY, 1997, Pages 42-46

  Hepple, Jason ^a,b   Quinton, Catherine ^a  

^a JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; DEPRESSION; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0031183592     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.171.1.42     Document Type: Article

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