Frequency and impact of patient suicide on psychiatric trainees

European Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 345-349

  Pieters, Guido ^a,b   De Gucht, Véronique ^a,c   Joos, Gustaaf ^a   De Heyn, Elke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Center for Mental Health Care   (Belgium)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Post traumatic stress; Psychiatric trainees; Suicide; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SUICIDE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0344876024     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2003.02.003     Document Type: Article

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