Are elderly suicide rates improved by increased provision of mental health service resources? A cross-national study

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1230-1237

  Shah, Ajit ^a,b   Bhat, Ravi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Elderly suicides; Mental health policy and funding; Service provision

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHIATRIST; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BUDGETS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PSYCHIATRY; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 54049107291     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610208007023     Document Type: Article

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