Is suicidality distinguishable from depression? Evidence from a community-based sample

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 208-215

  Fairweather Schmidt, A Kate ^a   Anstey, Kaarin J ^a   Mackinnon, Andrew J ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Epidemiology; Structural equation modelling; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; GOLDBERG DEPRESSION SCALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC SYMPTOM FREQUENCY SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749102934     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670802653331     Document Type: Article

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