National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness: Recent developments

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-71

  Amos, Tim ^a   Appleby, Louis ^a   Shaw, Jenny ^a  

^a Natl Confidential Inquiry S   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Homicide; Mental illness; Risk assessment; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011284125     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13651509709069207     Document Type: Article

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