Self-reported mental health and its gender differences as a predictor of suicide in the middle-aged

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-166

  Bramness, Jørgen G ^a,b   Walby, Fredrik A ^c,d   Hjellvik, Vidar ^b   Selmer, Randi ^b   Tverdal, Aage ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

anxiety; cohort studies; depression; mental health; prospective studies; risk factors; suicide

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CHECKLIST; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOPKINS SYMPTOM CHECKLIST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORWAY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

NORWAY;

EID: 77954966705     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwq091     Document Type: Article

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