Suicidal tendencies of physicians - An overview;Suizidalität bei ärztinnen und ärzten

Psychiatrische Praxis

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 381-385

  Reimer, Christian ^a,b   Trinkaus, Saskia ^a   Jurkat, Harald B ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Klinik für Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; WORK; ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MALPRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICIAN IMPAIRMENT; PHYSICIANS; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 29144439909     PISSN: 03034259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-866903     Document Type: Review

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