Course of suicide ideation and predictors of change in depressed older adults

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 30-36

  Cukrowicz, Kelly C ^a   Duberstein, Paul R ^b   Vannoy, Steven D ^c   Lynch, Thomas R ^d   McQuoid, Douglas R ^e   Steffens, David C ^e  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Longitudinal; Older adults; Suicidal ideation; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MONITORING; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; THINKING;

AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; THINKING;

EID: 58149096908     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.05.012     Document Type: Article

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