Risk factors for suicide independent of DSM-III-R axis I disorder: Case- control psychological autopsy study in Northern Ireland

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 175, Issue AUG., 1999, Pages 175-179

  Foster, Tom ^a   Gillespie, Kate ^a   McClelland, Roy ^b   Patterson, Chris ^b  

^a Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE;

EID: 0032773699     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.175.2.175     Document Type: Article

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