Health status and suicide in the second half of life

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 371-379

  Conwell, Yeates ^a,b   Duberstein, Paul R ^a,b   Hirsch, Jameson K ^a,b,c   Conner, Kenneth R ^a,b   Eberly, Shirley ^a   Caine, Eric D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UR Center for the Study and Prevention of Suicide   (United States)

^c EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Functional impairment; Primary care; Service utilization; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NARCOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMBULATORY CARE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DELIRIUM; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NEOPLASM; NURSING HOME; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNEMPLOYMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 77949510864     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2348     Document Type: Article

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