Does every allusion to possible suicide require the same response?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 605-612

  Raue, Patrick J ^a   Brown, Ellen L ^a   Meyers, Barnett S ^a   Schulberg, Herbert C ^a   Bruce, Martha L ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGITATION; AKATHISIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE;

EID: 33746044922     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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