Suicide in the old elderly: Results from one italian county

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1158-1167

  Innamorati, Marco ^a   Pompili, Maurizio ^b   Di Vittorio, Cristina ^a   Baratta, Stefano ^a   Masotti, Vittoria ^a   Badaracco, Annalisa ^a   Conwell, Yeates ^c   Girardi, Paolo ^b   Amore, Mario ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Life stressors; mental illness; old age; physical illness; psychological autopsy; suicide

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; VICTIM; WIDOW; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ITALY; MARRIAGE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; WIDOWHOOD;

EID: 84927978781     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.03.003     Document Type: Article

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