Explaining suicide: The views of survivors of serious suicide attempts

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 168, Issue JUNE, 1996, Pages 780-786

  O'Donnell, Ian ^a   Farmer, Richard ^b   Catalán, José ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0029950640     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.168.6.780     Document Type: Article

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