Social emotion recognition, social functioning, and attempted suicide in late-life depression

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 257-265

  Szanto, Katalin ^a   Dombrovski, Alexandre Y ^a   Sahakian, Barbara J ^c,d   Mulsant, Benoit H ^e   Houck, Patricia R ^a   Reynolds, Charles F ^a   Clark, Luke ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

elderly; Social cognition; social functioning; suicide

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PERSONALITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 84857650925     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31820eea0c     Document Type: Article

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