Suicide prevention in later life: A glass half full, or half empty?

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 166, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 845-848

  Yeates, Conwell ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALGORITHM; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; EDITORIAL; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MOOD DISORDER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; NOTE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RACE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68149141630     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09060780     Document Type: Editorial

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