The relationships between quality of life, psychiatric illness, and suicidal ideation in geriatric veterans living in a veterans' home: A structural equation modeling approach

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 597-601

  Chen, Wei Jen ^a,b,c   Chen, Cheng Chung ^a,d   Ho, Chi Kung ^d,e   Chou, Frank Huang Chih ^a,b,c   Lee, Ming Been ^f   Lung, Forwey ^g   Lin, Guei Ging ^a,c   Teng, Ching Yun ^a   Chung, Yi Ting ^c   Wang, Ying Chuan ^c   Sun, Feng Ching ^h  

^a KAI SUAN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b MEIHO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Kaohsiung Suicide Prevention Center   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e Bereau of Health   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^g KAOHSIUNG ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^h Min Sheng Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

15 item Geriatric Depression Scale; 5 item Brief Symptom Rating Scale; quality of life; Short Form 12; Veteran

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF SYMPTOM RATING SCALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MEDICAL OUTCOME STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VETERAN;

EID: 79958840149     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e3181faec0e     Document Type: Article

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