Suicide in older people without psychiatric disorder

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 363-367

  Harwood, Daniel ^a,b   Hawton, Keith ^a   Hope, Tony ^a   Jacoby, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Older people; Personality; Physical illness; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BEREAVEMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELATIVE; SUICIDE; TIME OF DEATH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEREAVEMENT; COMORBIDITY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 33646165679     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1473     Document Type: Article

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