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| Suicidal ideation amongst acutely medically ill and continuing care geriatric inpatients | | Author(s) | A Shah, D Dighe-Deo, C Chapman |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 2, no 4, November 1998 |
| Pages | pp 300-305 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Suicide ; Depression ; Dementia ; Hospital services ; Geriatric hospitals ; Patients ; United Kingdom. |
| Annotation | Data from two pooled depression prevalence studies on acute geriatric wards and one such study on continuing care geriatric wards were re-examined in this study to investigate suicide ideation in the two patient groups. The Brief Assessment Schedule (BAS) measured depression, feelings of life not worth living, suicidal ideation, and pessimism. The prevalence of feelings of life not worth living, suicidal ideation and pessimism were 29%, 13% and 50%, respectively, in the acute sample, 33%, 26% and 52%, respectively, in the continuing care sample, and 38%, 29% and 55%, respectively, in the continuing care dementia sub-sample. These three variables were significantly inter-correlated, and they were associated with BAS depression scores and caseness in both the acute and continuing care sample. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990125406 A |
| Classmark | EV: ENR: EA: LD: LDA: LF: 8 |
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