Concordance about childhood sexual abuse among depressed patients 50 and over and their family and friends

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 321-326

  Gamble, Stephanie A ^a   Talbot, Nancy L ^a   Conner, Kenneth R ^a   Tu, Xin ^a   Franus, Nathan ^a   Beckman, Anthony M ^a   Ma, Yan ^a   Duberstein, Paul R ^a  

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

Author keywords

Childhood sexual abuse; Concordance; Informants; Older adults; Psychological autopsy methodology; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; FRIEND; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; FRIENDS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34648843326     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110701541988     Document Type: Article

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