Patients committing suicide whilst under the care of the elderly suicide prevention programme of a regional hospital in Hong Kong

East Asian Archives of Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-21

  Wong, Mimi M C ^a   Tsui, C F ^a   Li, S W ^a   Chan, C F ^a   Lau, Y M ^a  

^a CASTLE PEAK HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aged; Case reports; Depression; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JUMPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE;

EID: 79953833206     PISSN: 20789947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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