Suicides among family members of elderly suicide victims: An exploratory study

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 356-364

  Waern, Margda ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGENY; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; SWEDEN;

EID: 21744460966     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2005.35.3.356     Document Type: Article

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