Predictors of suicide in patients with dementia

Alzheimer's and Dementia

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 567-573

  Seyfried, Lisa S ^a   Kales, Helen C ^a,b   Ignacio, Rosalinda V ^a,b   Conwell, Yeates ^c   Valenstein, Marcia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dementia; Elderly; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FIREARM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PREDICTION; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; RACE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 80755156405     PISSN: 15525260     EISSN: 15525279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jalz.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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