Suicide ideation in older adults: Relationship to mental health problems and service use

Gerontologist

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 785-797

  Corna, Laurie M ^a   Cairney, John ^b   Streiner, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mental health care; Psychiatric disorder; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 78649490625     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnq048     Document Type: Article

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