Sex differences in correlates of suicide attempt lethality in late life

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 905-913

  Dombrovski, Alexandre Y ^a   Szanto, Katalin ^a,c   Duberstein, Paul ^b   Conner, Kenneth R ^b   Houck, Patricia R ^a   Conwell, Yeates ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c John A Hartford Center of Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry   (United States)

Author keywords

aged; Aged 80 and over; Depressive disorder; Risk factors; Sex; Suicide; Suicide attempted

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; AGE; BEHAVIOR; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HOSPITALIZATION; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149387699     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181860034     Document Type: Article

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