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Longitudinal big data needs to meet the individual to inform self-harm and suicide prevention in older adults

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 June 2021

Anne P. F. Wand*
Affiliation:
Speciality of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney, Australia School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Older Peoples Mental Health Service, Concord Centre for Mental Health, Sydney, Australia
Simone Reppermund
Affiliation:
School of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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© International Psychogeriatric Association 2021

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