Anxiety symptoms and suicidal feelings in a population sample of 70-year-olds without dementia

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1865-1871

  Jonson, Mattias ^a   Skoog, Ingmar ^a   Marlow, Thomas ^a   Fssberg, Madeleine Mellqvist ^a   Waern, Margda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; older adults; population study; suicidal feelings

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ANXIETY; COST OF ILLNESS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SWEDEN;

EID: 84866658177     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212000993     Document Type: Article

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