Factors associated with suicidal ideation in an elderly urban Japanese population: A community-based, cross-sectional study

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 327-336

  Awata, Shuichi ^a   Seki, Toru ^a   Koizumi, Yayoi ^a   Sato, Soichiro ^b   Hozawa, Atsushi ^a   Omori, Kaori ^a   Kuriyama, Shinichi ^a   Arai, Hiroyuki ^a   Nagatomi, Ryoichi ^a   Matsuoka, Hiroo ^a   Tsuji, Ichiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kodama Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alcohol related disorder; Depressive disorder; Social support; Suicidal ideation; Urban population

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 21244458381     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2005.01378.x     Document Type: Article

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