Suicidal behavior runs in families: A controlled family study of adolescent suicide victims

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1145-1152

  Brent, David A ^a   Bridge, Jeff ^a   Johnson, Barbara A ^a   Connolly, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ANXIETY NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; ASSAULT; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 0029751944     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1996.01830120085015     Document Type: Article

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