Future orientation moderates the relationship between functional status and suicide ideation in depressed adults

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 196-201

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Functional status; Future orientation; Suicide ideation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK HOPELESSNESS SCALE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HAMILTON SCALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; ORIENTING RESPONSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249041963     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20224     Document Type: Article

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