Reasons for attempted suicide in later life

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 536-544

  Van Orden, Kimberly A ^a   Wiktorsson, Stefan ^c   Duberstein, Paul ^a,b   Berg, Anne Ingeborg ^d   Fässberg, Madeleine Mellqvist ^c   Waern, Margda ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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

^c Departments of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

attempted suicide; Geriatrics; perceived burden; social support; thwarted belongingness

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DROWNING; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL ARITHMETIC; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STRANGULATION; SUFFOCATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY; CAUSALITY; COGNITION; COMPLICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MENTAL CAPACITY; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSALITY; COGNITION; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SWEDEN;

EID: 84928106930     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2014.07.003     Document Type: Article

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