Depression, anxiety, and psychological defense in attempted suicide: A pilot study using PORT

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 239-249

  Titelman, David ^a   Nilsson, Alf ^b   Estari, Julia ^a   Wasserman, Danuta ^a  

^a National Centre for Suicide Research   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attempted suicide; Depression; Protective tests; Psychoanalytic theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 17544370265     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110490436855     Document Type: Article

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