Familial aggregation of suicidal behavior: A family study of male suicide completers from the general population

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1017-1019

  Kim, Caroline D ^b   Seguin, Monique ^b   Therrien, Nadia ^b   Riopel, Geneviève ^b   Chawky, Nadia ^b   Lesage, Alain D ^b   Turecki, G ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; FAMILY LIFE; GENDER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FAMILY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE;

EID: 18744409119     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.5.1017     Document Type: Article

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