Melancholia and the probability and lethality of suicide attempts

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 184, Issue JUNE, 2004, Pages 534-535

  Grunebaum, Michael F ^a   Galfalvy, Hanga C ^a   Oquendo, Maria A ^a   Burke, Ainsley K ^a   Mann, J John ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETHALITY; MALE; MELANCHOLIA; PROBABILITY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 2642552266     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.184.6.534     Document Type: Article

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