The characteristics of suicides within a week of discharge after psychiatric hospitalisation - A nationwide register study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Pirkola, Sami ^a   Sohlman, Britta ^a   Wahlbeck, Kristian ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWNING; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CHARACTERISTIC; JUMPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE; VICTIM; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; REGISTRIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 26844495650     PISSN: 1471244X     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-5-32     Document Type: Article

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