Decision-making competence and attempted suicide

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2015, Pages e1590-e1597

  Szanto, Katalin ^a   De Bruin, Wandi Bruine ^b   Parker, Andrew M ^c   Hallquist, Michael N ^a   Vanyukov, Polina M ^a   Dombrovski, Alexandre Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE BIAS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DSM-IV; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; KNOWLEDGE; LETHALITY; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84983162392     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.15m09778     Document Type: Article

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