Inpatient suicide on a general hospital psychiatric ward: Does experience with high risk patients help to prevent suicides?

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 119-124

  Taiminen, Tero J ^a   Strandberg, Jarmo ^a   Kujari, Harry ^b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

General hospital psychiatric ward; Inpatient suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; SUICIDE;

EID: 0030016306     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811119608251961     Document Type: Article

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