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Suicidal behavior in late life: reasons and reactions to it

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 December 2019

Diego De Leo
Diego De Leo*
Affiliation:
Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention, Griffith University, Australia Slovene Centre for Suicide Research, Primorska University, Slovenia
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Email: d.deleo@griffith.edu.au.
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 31 , Issue 11: Issue Theme: Psychiatric Morbidity in Exceptionally Old People , November 2019 , pp. 1531 - 1533
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© International Psychogeriatric Association 2019 

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