Suicide and the elderly

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-17

  Shah, Ajit ^a,c   De, Tamal ^b  

^a Psychiatry of Old Age

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attempted suicides; Depression; Elderly; Parasuicides; Suicides

Indexed keywords

AGING; CULTURAL FACTOR; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NURSING HOME; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 0031972275     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13651509809115108     Document Type: Review

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