Research to reduce the suicide rate among older adults: Methodology roadblocks and promising paradigms

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 586-589

  Szanto, Katalin ^a   Lenze, Eric J ^b   Waern, Margda ^c   Duberstein, Paul ^d,e   Bruce, Martha L ^e   Epstein Lubow, Gary ^f   Conwell, Yeates ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; AGING; GERONTOLOGICAL RESEARCH; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAID; MEDICARE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; POPULATION SIZE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883157627     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.003582012     Document Type: Review

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