Personality traits and suicidal behavior and ideation in depressed inpatients 50 years of age and older

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2000, Pages

  Duberstein, Paul R ^a   Conwell, Yeates ^b   Seidlitz, Larry ^b   Denning, Diane G ^b   Cox, Christopher ^b   Caine, Eric D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; THINKING;

EID: 0034097373     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/55.1.P18     Document Type: Article

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