Family history of suicide, female sex, and childhood trauma: Separate or interacting risk factors for attempts at suicide?

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 367-371

  Roy, Alec ^a   Janal, M ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood trauma; Family history suicide; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 27644482264     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2005.00647.x     Document Type: Article

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