Suicide: Risk factors and prevention in refractory major depression

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 202-211

  Oquendo, M A ^a   Malone, K M ^a   Mann, J J ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Hopelessness; Personality disorders; Serotonin; Substance abuse; Suicide model

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLOMIPRAMINE; DESIPRAMINE; DOSULEPIN; FLUOXETINE; FLUVOXAMINE; LITHIUM; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; NORTRIPTYLINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETICS; HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031409619     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6394(1997)5:4<202::AID-DA6>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Review

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