Suicides in ethnic minorities within 12 months of contact with mental health services: National clinical survey

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 183, Issue AUG., 2003, Pages 155-160

  Hunt, Isabelle M ^a   Robinson, Jo ^a   Bickley, Harriet ^a   Meehan, Janet ^a   Parsons, Rebecca ^a   McCann, Kerry ^a   Flynn, Sandra ^a   Burns, James ^a   Shaw, Jenny ^a   Kapur, Navneet ^a   Appleby, Louis ^a,b  

^a Natl Confidential Inquiry S   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG MISUSE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIOLENCE; WALES;

EID: 0041352900     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.183.2.155     Document Type: Article

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