Suicide and schizophrenia: A nationwide psychological autopsy study on age- and sex-specific clinical characteristics of 92 suicide victims with schizophrenia

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 154, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1235-1242

  Heilä, Hannele ^a   Isometsä, Erkki T ^b   Henriksson, Markus M ^b   Heikkinen, Martti E ^b   Marttunen, Mauri J ^b   Lönnqvist, Jouko K ^b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE;

EID: 0030812981     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.154.9.1235     Document Type: Article

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