Neuroticism and extroversion in suicide attempters aged 75 and above and a general population comparison group

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 479-488

  Wiktorsson, Stefan ^a   Berg, Anne I ^a   Billstedt, Eva ^a   Duberstein, Paul R ^b   Marlow, Thomas ^a   Skoog, Ingmar ^a   Waern, Margda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; elderly; extroversion; neuroticism; suicide attempters

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SWEDEN;

EID: 84876497072     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2012.749835     Document Type: Article

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