Path analysis of suicide ideation in older people

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 509-515

  Kim, Seolmin ^a   Ha, Jee Hyun ^b   Yu, Jaehak ^b   Park, Doo Heum ^b   Ryu, Seung Ho ^b  

^a Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Depression; Older people; Path analysis; Suicide ideation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BECK SCALE FOR SUICIDE IDEATION; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOUTH KOREA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VERY ELDERLY; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEALTH PROGRAM; KOREAN VERSION OF THE BECK SCALE FOR SUICIDE IDEATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PATH ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

ALCOHOL;

EID: 84893730275     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610213002366     Document Type: Article

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