Suicide and self-harm in older people

Quality in Ageing

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 16-23

  Dennis, Michael S ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Depression; Old age; Self harm; Sucide; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886943529     PISSN: 14717794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14717794200900004     Document Type: Article

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