Alcohol in suicide attempts and completions

Psychiatric Annals

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 513-521

  Gossop, Michael ^a,b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HEALTH CARE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 20744446271     PISSN: 00485713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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