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| High levels of hopelessness persist in geriatric patients with remitted depression and a history of attempted suicide | | Author(s) | Katalin Szanto, Charles F Reynolds, Yeates Conwell |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 46, no 11, November 1998 |
| Pages | pp 1401-1406 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Suicide ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The aim of this study was to determine whether a high level of hopelessness after treatment of a depressive episode is an indicator of a history of lifetime suicide attempts in older people. Groups of suicide attempters, suicidal ideators, and non-suicidal patients were compared via analysis of variance with respect to levels of hopelessness, depression, anxiety, and global functioning before and after treatment of depression. After remission there were no differences between the three groups in depression severity, anxiety, and global functioning. Hopelessness remained significantly higher in the attempter group than among ideators or non-suicidal patients. The findings suggest that treatments designed specifically to lower hopelessness (such as cognitive, behavioural or interpersonal therapy) may be effective in reducing suicide risk. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990302404 A |
| Classmark | ENR: EV: 7T |
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