Suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among middle-aged and older patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders and concurrent subsyndromal depression

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 196, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 884-890

  Montross, Lori P ^a   Kasckow, John ^b,c   Golshan, Shahrokh ^d   Solorzano, Ellen ^c   Lehman, David ^d   Zisook, Sidney ^d  

^a San Diego Campus   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Hopelessness; Schizophrenia; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL CLASS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 58149265623     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e31818ec823     Document Type: Article

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