The Prediction of Suicide: Sensitivity, Specificity, and Predictive Value of a Multivariate Model Applied to Suicide Among 1906 Patients With Affective Disorders

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1991, Pages 418-422

  Goldstein, Rise B ^a   Black, Donald W ^a   Nasrallah, Amelia ^a   Winokur, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0025844779     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1991.01810290030004     Document Type: Article

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