Feeling that life is not worth living (death thoughts) among middle-aged, Australian women providing unpaid care

Maturitas

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 375-379

  O'Dwyer, Siobhan T ^a,b   Moyle, Wendy ^a   Pachana, Nancy A ^c   Sung, Billy ^a   Barrett, Susan ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Death thoughts; Depression; Mental health; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIMISM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; THINKING; WOMEN'S HEALTH; AGED; AUSTRALIA; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

AGED; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896390914     PISSN: 03785122     EISSN: 18734111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2014.01.013     Document Type: Article

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