Sociodemographic and clinical differences between suicide ideators and attempters: A study of mood disordered patients 50 years and older

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-45

  Pompili, Maurizio ^a   Innamorati, Marco ^b   Di Vittorio, Cristina ^b   Sher, Leo ^c   Girardi, Paolo ^a   Amore, Mario ^d  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84893911961     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12051     Document Type: Article

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