Open AccessSuicidal Risk in Older Patients with Depression During COVID-19 Pandemic: a Case-Control Study
Author(s) -
Larissa Lc Louie,
WaiChi Chan,
Calvin Pw Cheng
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
east asian archives of psychiatry : official journal of the hong kong college of psychiatrists = dong ya jing shen ke xue zhi : xianggang jing shen ke yi xue yuan qi kan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2224-7041
DOI - 10.12809/eaap2055
Subject(s) - covid-19 , pandemic , depression (economics) , medicine , suicide prevention , project commissioning , medical emergency , poison control , psychiatry , gerontology , emergency medicine , publishing , virology , political science , outbreak , disease , economics , macroeconomics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , law
To compare older adults with late-life depression (LLD) and healthy controls in terms of suicidal ideation during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to determine predictors of suicidal ideation.