The relationship between self-induced water intoxication and severity of psychiatric symptoms

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 335-343

  May, Deborah L ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; WATER INTOXICATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WATER INTOXICATION;

EID: 0032254121     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-9417(98)80047-2     Document Type: Article

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