Psychiatric features of seriously life-threatening suicide attempters: A clinical study from a general hospital in Japan

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 379-383

  Murase, Satomi ^a,b   Ochiai, Shisei ^a   Ueyama, Masashi ^a   Honjo, Shuji ^a   Ohta, Tatsuro ^a  

^a CHUKYO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Borderline personality disorder; Depression; General hospital; Japan

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTOXICATION; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VIOLENCE; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERDOSE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; VIOLENCE;

EID: 1542464759     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(03)00024-2     Document Type: Article

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