Unexpected suicidality in an older individual in an emergency department

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1044-1045

  Betz, Marian E ^a   Schwartz, Robert ^a   Boudreaux, Edwin D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SERTRALINE;

AGED; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MEDICARE; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

AGED; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 84879187400     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12290     Document Type: Letter

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