Suicidal intent in single-car accident drivers: Review and new preliminary findings

Crisis

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 92-99

  Pompili, Maurizio ^a,b,c,d   Girardi, Paolo ^a,e   Tatarelli, Giulia ^a   Tatarelli, Roberto ^a,e,f,g  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Department of Psychiatry   (United States)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f Sant'Andrea Hospital ^*  (Italy)

^g Italian Antistigma Association   (Italy)

Author keywords

Prevention; Single car accident; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ROME; SUICIDE;

EID: 33746781441     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.27.2.92     Document Type: Review

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