Planning of suicide attempts among depressed inpatients ages 50 and over

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 97, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 123-128

  Conner, Kenneth R ^a   Duberstein, Paul R ^a   Beckman, Anthony ^a   Heisel, Marnin J ^b,c   Hirsch, Jameson K ^a   Gamble, Stephanie ^a   Conwell, Yeates ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Major depression; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLANNING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CARE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEW YORK; RISK FACTORS; SICK ROLE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33845580317     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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