The relation between suicidal feelings and mental disorders in the elderly: Results from the Berlin Aging Study (BASE)

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 741-746

  Barnow, Sven ^a,b,c   Linden, M ^a,b,c   Freyberger, H J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Rehabilitation Centre Seehof   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BERLIN; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 2942577656     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291703008912     Document Type: Article

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