Suicide prevalence in chemical dependency programs: Preliminary data from a national sample, and an examination of risk factors

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 97-102

  Kausch, Otto ^a,c   McCormick, Richard A ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessing suicide risk; Chemical dependency treatment; Suicide; Suicide attempts; Suicide in treatment programs

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES; VETERANS;

EID: 0036202655     PISSN: 07405472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0740-5472(01)00214-8     Document Type: Article

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