Where is help sought for depression or suicidal ideation in an elderly population living in a rural area of Japan?

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 522-530

  Sakamoto, Shinji ^a   Tanaka, Eriko ^b   Neichi, Keiko ^c   Ono, Yutaka ^d  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE OF LABOUR   (Japan)

^c Nagawa Town Office   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly people; Help seeking; Prevention; Suicide

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RURAL AREA; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 7944233473     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2004.01295.x     Document Type: Article

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