Mood correlates with blood serotonin, but not with glucose measures in patients with recurrent suicidal behavior

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 239-248

  Verkes, Robbert J ^a   Hengeveld, Michiel W ^b   Van Der Mast, Rose C ^c   Fekkes, Durk ^d   Van Kempen, Godfried M J ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Psychiatric Hospital Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aggression; Depression; Glucose; Platelets; Serotonin; Suicide attempts

Indexed keywords

FRUCTOSAMINE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; THROMBOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FRUCTOSAMINE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEROTONIN; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0032555954     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(98)00075-4     Document Type: Article

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