Suicide in major depression

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 530-536

  Isometsä, Erkki T ^b   Henriksson, Markus M ^b   Aro, Hillevi M ^b   Heikkinen, Martti E ^b   Kuoppasalmi, Kimmo I ^b   Lönnqvist, Jouko K ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE;

EID: 0028209557     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.151.4.530     Document Type: Article

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