The validity of proxy-based data in suicide research: A study of patients 50 years of age and older who attempted suicide. I. Psychiatric diagnoses

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 204-209

  Conner, Kenneth R ^a   Duberstein, Paul R ^a   Conwell, Yeates ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Attempted; Diagnosis; Psychiatry; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0034888056     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2001.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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