Association between Elder Mistreatment and Suicidal Ideation among Community-Dwelling Chinese Older Adults in the USA

Gerontology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 71-80

  Dong, Xinqi ^a   Chen, Ruijia ^a   Wu, Bei ^b   Zhang, Ning Jackie ^c   Mui, Ada Chan Yuk Sim ^d   Chi, Iris ^e  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese; Elder mistreatment; Older adults; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION VERSION A; HUMAN; HWALEK SENGSTOCK ELDER ABUSE SCREENING TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VULNERABILITY TO ABUSE SCREENING SCALE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; INDEPENDENT LIVING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; CHINA; DEPRESSION; ELDER ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84952876042     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000437420     Document Type: Article

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