The relationship of religious involvement indicators and social support to current and past suicidality among depressed older adults

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 366-374

  Rushing, Nicole C ^a   Corsentino, Elizabeth ^a   Hames, Jennifer L ^a   Sachs Ericsson, Natalie ^a   Steffens, David C ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; elderly; religion; suicide

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RELIGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84875396946     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2012.738414     Document Type: Article

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