The differential roles of trauma, posttraumatic stress disorder, and comorbid depressive disorders on suicidal ideation in the elderly population

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1141-1146

  Glaesmer, Heide ^a   Braehler, Elmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DSM-IV; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 84865773017     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.11m07598     Document Type: Article

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