Suicide and death ideation in older adults obtaining aging services

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 614-622

  O'Riley, Alisa A ^a   Van Orden, Kimberly A ^b   He, Hua ^b   Richardson, Thomas M ^b   Podgorski, Carol ^b   Conwell, Yeates ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging services; Death ideation; Suicide ideation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DEATH IDEATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 84901624703     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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