Psychiatric comorbidity may not predict suicide during and after hospitalization. A nested case-control study with blinded raters

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 92, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 253-260

  Walby, Fredrik A ^a   Odegaard, Erik ^a   Mehlum, Lars ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Diagnosis; Inpatients; Mental disorders; Outpatients; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; BRIEF PSYCHOTIC DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; PARANOIA; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIFORM DISORDER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646427483     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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