Factors associated with suicidal thoughts in a large community study of older adults

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 201, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 466-472

  Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a,b   Draper, Brian ^c   Snowdon, John ^d   Lautenschlager, Nicola T ^e,f   Pirkis, Jane ^f   Byrne, Gerard ^g   Sim, Moira ^h   Stocks, Nigel ⁱ   Flicker, Leon ^b,j   Pfaff, Jon J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^h EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SMOKING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 84870317931     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.112.110130     Document Type: Article

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