Are gender and life attitudes associated with the wish to die in older psychiatric and somatic inpatients? An explorative study

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1693-1702

  Bonnewyn, Anke ^a   Shah, Ajit ^b   Bruffaerts, Ronny ^a   Demyttenaere, Koen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

death and dying; depression; gender differences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84931578337     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610214000957     Document Type: Article

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