Gender differences in health service use for mental health reasons in community dwelling older adults with suicidal ideation

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 374-381

  Vasiliadis, Helen Maria ^a   Gagné, Sarah ^a   Jozwiak, Natalia ^a   Préville, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

antidepressants; service use; suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE;

AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CANADA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84873809354     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212001895     Document Type: Article

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