Suicide ideation at its worst point: A predictor of eventual suicide in psychiatric outpatients

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-9

  Beck, Aaron T ^a,c   Brown, Gregory K ^a   Steer, Robert A ^b   Dahlsgaard, Katherine K ^d   Grisham, Jessica R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine   (United States)

^c University Hospital Center City   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; RISK; SCREENING; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; ODDS RATIO; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0032952531     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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