Toward a clinical model of suicidal behavior in psychiatric patients

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 181-189

  Mann, J John ^a   Waternaux, Christine ^b   Haas, Gretchen L ^b   Malone, Kevin M ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGED; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0033023575     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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