Suicidal ideation in prisoners: Risk factors and relevance to suicidal behaviour. A prospective case-control study

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 256, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 87-92

  Lekka, Nicoletta P ^a,b   Argyriou, Andreas A ^a   Beratis, Stavroula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Prison; Risk factors; Self mutilation; Suicidal ideation; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; GREECE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PRISONERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF MUTILATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33645086382     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-005-0606-6     Document Type: Article

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