Prevalence of suicide ideation and attempts among Black Americans in later life

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 190-208

  Joe, Sean ^a   Ford, Briggett C ^a   Taylor, Robert Joseph ^a   Chatters, Linda M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Black American; elderly; risk factors; suicide attempts; suicide ideation

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIFESPAN; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; AGE; AGED; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84896096260     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461513503381     Document Type: Article

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