Open AccessSuicidal ideation and the 'wish to die' in dementia patients: the role of depression
Author(s) -
Brian Draper,
Cressida M. MacCuspie-Moore,
Henry Brodaty
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/27.4.503
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , medicine , dementia , wish , depression (economics) , ideation , psychiatry , suicide prevention , poison control , medical emergency , psychology , disease , economics , macroeconomics , sociology , anthropology , cognitive science
To determine the prevalence of self-reported suicidal ideation and the 'wish to die' in dementia patients, their association with depressive symptoms and the type of dementia.
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