Sense of coherence in elderly suicide attempters: The impact of social and health-related factors

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 986-993

  Mellqvist, Madeleine ^a   Wiktorsson, Stefan ^a   Joas, Erik ^a   Östling, Svante ^a   Skoog, Ingmar ^a   Waern, Margda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

depression; elderly; family relationships; sense of coherence; suicide attempters

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHOPATHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 79960126106     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211000196     Document Type: Article

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