Family connectedness moderates the association between living alone and suicide ideation in a clinical sample of adults 50 years and older

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 717-723

  Purcell, Bonnie ^d   Heisel, Marnin J ^a,b,c   Speice, Jenny ^c   Franus, Nathan ^c   Conwell, Yeates ^c   Duberstein, Paul R ^c  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

depression; family relations; Living alone; suicide ideation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REASONS FOR LIVING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864278078     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e31822ccd79     Document Type: Article

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