Assessing the risk of suicide and attempted suicide

Drug Benefit Trends

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 25-27+30

  Noffsinger, Stephen G ^a,b   Knoll IV, James L ^c  

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

^b ODMH Northcoast Behavioral Healthcare   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Suicidal intent; Suicide; Suicide risk

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM SALT; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIREARM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF POISONING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038045166     PISSN: 10805826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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