Functional disability and death wishes in older Europeans: results from the EURODEP concerted action

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1475-1482

  Mellqvist Fässberg, Madeleine ^a   Östling, Svante ^a   Braam, Arjan W ^b,c   Bäckman, Kristoffer ^a   Copeland, John R M ^d   Fichter, Manfred ^e,f   Kivelä, Sirkka Liisa ^g   Lawlor, Brian A ^h   Lobo, Antonio ⁱ   Magnússon, Halggrimur ^j   Prince, Martin J ^k   Reischies, Friedel M ^l   Turrina, Cesare ^m   Wilson, Kenneth ^d   Skoog, Ingmar ^a   Waern, Margda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Altrecht Mental Health Care ^*  (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f Schoen Klinik Roseneck   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^h ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^j LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^k KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^l CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^m SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Chronic conditions; Death wishes; Depressive symptoms; Functional disability; Late life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSON; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSONS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 84929512679     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-014-0840-1     Document Type: Article

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