Life events preceding suicide by young people

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 271-275

  Cooper, J ^a   Appleby, L ^a   Amos, T ^a  

^a WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Life events; Severely mentally ill; Suicide; Young

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MORTALITY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SUICIDE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE;

EID: 0036944210     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001270200019     Document Type: Article

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