Psychosocial factors and completed suicide in personality disorders

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-57

  Heikkinen, M E ^a,b   Isometsa E T ^a   Henriksson, M M ^a   Marttunen, M J ^a   Aro, H M ^a,b   Lonnqvist J K ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

comorbidity; life events; personality disorder; social support; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUICIDE;

EID: 0031043040     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1997.tb00373.x     Document Type: Article

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