Hopelessness, impulsiveness and intent among suicide attempters with major depression, alcohol dependence, or both

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 142-149

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

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alcohol dependence; Attempted suicide; Depression; Hopelessness; Impulsiveness; Parasuicide; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 0030785595     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1997.tb09919.x     Document Type: Article

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