Suicidal ideation in family carers of people with dementia

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 222-230

  O'Dwyer, Siobhan T ^a   Moyle, Wendy ^a   Zimmer Gembeck, Melanie ^a   De Leo, Diego ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

caregivers; dementia; mental health; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84955355290     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2015.1063109     Document Type: Article

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