Suicide and mental disorders: Do we know enough?

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 183, Issue NOV., 2003, Pages 382-383

  Bertolote, José Manoel ^a   Fleischmann, Alexandra ^a   De Leo, Diego ^b   Wasserman, Danuta ^c  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOLISM; AUTOPSY; CALCULATION; COMORBIDITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INDIA; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; ORGANIC PSYCHOSYNDROME; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMORBIDITY; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SUICIDE;

EID: 0242288638     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.183.5.382     Document Type: Editorial

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