Death ideas, suicidal thoughts, and plans among nursing home residents

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 141-148

  Scocco, Paolo ^a,b,e   Fantoni, Giovanna ^b   Rapattoni, Monica ^b   De Girolamo, Giovanni ^b,c   Pavan, Luigi ^d  

^a Department of Mental Health ^*  (Italy)

^b PROGRES Older People National Research Group   (United States)

^c Health Care Research Agency   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^e Department of Psychiatry AULSS 6 Euganea   (Italy)

Author keywords

Death ideation; Elderly; Nursing home; Suicidal ideation; Suicide feeling

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; NURSING HOMES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; THINKING;

EID: 65549132015     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: 15525708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988709332937     Document Type: Article

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