Prevention of suicide in the elderly

Annals of Long-Term Care

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 25-32

  Dombrovski, Alexandre Y ^a   Szanto, Katalin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLOZAPINE; LITHIUM;

AGING; ALARM MONITOR; BIPOLAR DEPRESSION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; PAIN; PROPHYLAXIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE; TELEPHONE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 31544470356     PISSN: 15247929     EISSN: 15247929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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