Psychotic (delusional) major depression in the elderly and suicidal behaviour

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 69, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 225-229

  Lykouras, Lefteris ^a   Gournellis, Rossetos ^a,b   Fortos, Andreas ^b   Oulis, Panagiotis ^a   Christodoulou, George N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Dromocaition Mental Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Elderly; Psychotic depression; Suicide attempts

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION, INVOLUTIONAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036018509     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0327(00)00322-0     Document Type: Article

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