The epidemiology of suicide and attempted suicide in Dutch general practice 1983-2003

BMC Family Practice

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Marquet, Richard L ^a   Bartelds, Aad I M ^a   Kerkhof, Ad J F M ^b,c   Schellevis, François G ^a   Van Der Zee, Jouke ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c Research Institute for Psychology and Health   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHIATRIST; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 28444445932     PISSN: 14712296     EISSN: 14712296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2296-6-45     Document Type: Article

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