In severely suicidal young adults, hopelessness, depressive symptoms, and suicidal ideation constitute a single syndrome

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 913-922

  Shahar, Golan ^a,b   Bareket, Liad ^a   Rudd, M David ^c   Joiner Jr , Thomas E ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BECK HOPELESSNESS SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SYNDROME;

EID: 33744799722     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291706007586     Document Type: Article

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