A physician's suicide

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 160, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2094-2097

  Hendin, Herbert ^a   Maltsberger, John T ^b   Haas, Ann Pollinger ^b  

^a American Foundation for Suicide Prevention   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; ISONIAZID; LITHIUM; MIRTAZAPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; MALE; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SUICIDE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ANESTHESIOLOGY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; SUICIDE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 10244253903     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.12.2094     Document Type: Conference Paper

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