Chinese demented inpatients admitted following a suicide attempt: A case series

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1106-1109

  Tsai, Chia Fen ^a   Tsai, Shih Jen ^a,b   Yang, Cheng Hung ^a,b   Hwang, Jen Ping ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Delusions; Dementia; Elderly; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; QUETIAPINE; RISPERIDONE; VENLAFAXINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DELUSION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; DELUSIONS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 36249012444     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1795     Document Type: Article

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