Schizophrenia and suicide: Systematic review of risk factors

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 187, Issue JULY, 2005, Pages 9-20

  Hawton, Keith ^a   Sutton, Lesley ^a   Haw, Camilla ^b   Sinclair, Julia ^a   Deeks, Jonathan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ST ANDREW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGITATION; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DRUG MISUSE; FAMILY HISTORY; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 22344436184     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.187.1.9     Document Type: Review

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