Prospective cohort study of suicide attempters aged 70 and above: One-year outcomes

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 134, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 333-340

  Wiktorsson, Stefan ^a   Marlow, Thomas ^a   Runeson, Bo ^b   Skoog, Ingmar ^a   Waern, Margda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antidepressant treatment; Depression; Elderly; One year mortality; Prospective study; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; HYPNOTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; REMISSION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSE OF COHERENCE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURVIVORS;

EID: 80052481688     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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