Suicide as an outcome for mental disorders. A meta-analysis

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 170, Issue MAR., 1997, Pages 205-228

  Harris, E Clare ^a   Barraclough, Brian ^a,b  

^a University Department of Psychiatry   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SOUTH HANTS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; REVIEW; SUICIDE;

EID: 0030890187     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.170.3.205     Document Type: Article

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