Unexpected suicidality in an older individual in an emergency department

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Jun;61(6):1044-1045. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12290.

Authors

Marian E Betz¹, Robert Schwartz², Edwin D Boudreaux³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.
² Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Aged
Depression / diagnosis
Depression / etiology*
Diagnostic Errors
Emergency Service, Hospital*
Humans
Incidence
Male
Physician-Patient Relations / ethics*
Suicidal Ideation*

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