Suicidality and suicide in older people

Reviews in Clinical Gerontology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 271-294

  Bonnewyn, Anke ^a   Shah, Ajit ^b   Demyttenaere, Koen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; Depression; Older people; Suicidality; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; AKATHISIA; ASPHYXIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DROWNING; DRUG OVERDOSE; FIREARM; HANGING; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 77949658773     PISSN: 09592598     EISSN: 14699036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959259809990347     Document Type: Review

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