Suicide amongst Alzheimer's disease patients: A 10-year survey

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 101-103

  Barak, Yoram ^a   Aizenberg, Dov ^b  

^a ABARBANEL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Psychopathology; Suicide

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATROPHY; BRAIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036973574     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000064931     Document Type: Article

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