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Suicidal attempts by prescription drug overdose in the elderly: a study of 44 cases

A series of 44 consecutive elderly, admitted to a busy general hospital following deliberate self-poisoning, is reviewed for associated medical and psychosocial factors. In all but 3 cases the act involved an overdose of drugs prescribed for the treatment of a chronic medical and/or psychiatric diso...

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Autores principales: Gavrielatos, Gerasimos, Komitopoulos, Nikolaos, Kanellos, Petros, Varsamis, Efstratios, Kogeorgos, John
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19412483