Core features of repeated suicidal behaviour: A long term follow-up after suicide attempts in a low-suicide-incidence population

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-107

  Wang, August G ^a   Mortensen, Gudrun ^a  

^a AMAGER HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Attempted suicide; Follow up; Repetition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAROE ISLANDS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33644604381     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-005-0980-4     Document Type: Article

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