Neurocognitive markers of suicide vulnerability in the elderly: A review;Marqueurs neurocognitifs de la vulnérabilité suicidaire de la personne âgée : Revue de la littérature

Geriatrie et Psychologie Neuropsychiatrie du Vieillissement

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 367-378

  Richard Devantoy, Stéphane ^a,b   Jollant, Fabrice ^a   Deguigne, Florence ^c   Letourneau, Geneviève ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c Centre Santé Mentale Angevin Cesame 27   (France)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age; Cognitive inhibition; Decision making; Neuropsychology; Suicide

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; AGING; ATROPHY; BRAIN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE INHIBITION; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NERVE TRACT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

AGE; COGNITIVE INHIBITION; DECISION MAKING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE;

AGED; AGING; ATROPHY; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84890495627     PISSN: 21158789     EISSN: 21157863     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1684/pnv.2013.0442     Document Type: Review

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