Suicidal Behavior in Elders

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 333-356

  Conwell, Yeates ^a,b   Thompson, Caitlin ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE STRESS; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRESS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE;

EID: 42249110891     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2008.01.004     Document Type: Review

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