Mental disorders and comorbidity in attempted suicide

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 234-240

  Suominen, K ^a   Henriksson, M ^a   Suokas, J ^a,b   Isometsa E ^a   Ostamo, A ^a   Lonnqvist J ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

attempted suicide; comorbidity; parasuicide; sex difference

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 0029904876     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1996.tb09855.x     Document Type: Article

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