Suicide risk in long-term care facilities: A systematic review

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1198-1211

  Mezuk, Briana ^a,b   Rock, Andrew ^a   Lohman, Matthew C ^a   Choi, Moon ^c,d  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assisted living; Long term care; Nursing homes; Self harm; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY; DEPRESSION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LONELINESS; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; AGED; HOME FOR THE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84922384834     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4142     Document Type: Review

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