Suicidally motivated intoxication by psychoactive drugs: characterization among the elderly

Abstract Objective: to characterize suicidally motivated intoxication by psychoactive drugs among elderly people. Method: a retrospective and documentary study with a quantitative approach was carried out, based on the notification forms of 692 cases of suicidally motivated intoxications by psycho...

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Main Authors: Igho Leonardo do Nascimento Carvalho, Ana Paula Antero Lôbo, Clayre Anne de Araújo Aguiar, Adriana Rolim Campos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ) , Universidade Aberta a Terceira Idade (UnAti) 2017-02-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1809-98232017000100129&tlng=pt