Depressive symptoms and suicide risk in older adults: Value placed on autonomy as a moderator for men but not women

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 188-199

  Bamonti, Patricia M ^a   Price, Elizabeth C ^a   Fiske, Amy ^a  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84898834439     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12062     Document Type: Article

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