Suicide in bipolar disorder in Finland

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 151, Issue 7, 1994, Pages 1020-1024

  Isometsä, Erkki T ^a   Henriksson, Markus M ^b   Aro, Hillevi M ^b   Lönnqvist, Jouko K ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM; MAPROTILINE; MIANSERIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIVORCE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE;

EID: 0028243119     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.151.7.1020     Document Type: Article

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