Few sex differences in hospitalized suicide attempters aged 70 and above

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Wiktorsson, Stefan ^a   Rydberg Sterner, Therese ^a   Mellqvist Fässberg, Madeleine ^a   Skoog, Ingmar ^a   Ingeborg Berg, Anne ^a   Duberstein, Paul ^b   Van Orden, Kimberly ^b   Waern, Margda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Late life; Physical disability; Sex differences; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

DISABILITY; MENTAL HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUALITY; SUICIDE;

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGIST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

AGED; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 85040951460     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15010141     Document Type: Article

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