Suicidal behaviour in nursing homes: A survey in a region of North-East Italy

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 307-311

  Scocco, Paolo ^a,c,e   Rapattoni, Monica ^c   Fantoni, Giovanna ^c   Galuppo, Maurizia ^c   De Biasi, Francesca ^c   de Girolamo, Giovanni ^c,d   Pavan, Luigi ^b  

^a Department of Mental Health ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c PROGRES Older People National Research Group   (Italy)

^d Azienda USL di Bologna   (Italy)

^e Department of Psychiatry AULSS 6 Euganea   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Elderly; Nursing home; Suicide

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MALE; MANAGER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NURSING HOMES; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33646175958     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1452     Document Type: Article

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