High levels of hopelessness persist in geriatric patients with remitted depression and a history of attempted suicide

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1401-1406

  Szanto, Katalin ^a,b   Reynolds III, Charles F ^a   Conwell, Yeates ^c   Begley, Amy E ^b   Houck, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031729182     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1998.tb06007.x     Document Type: Article

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