Suicide in the homeless within 12 months of contact with mental health services

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 686-691

  Bickley, Harriet ^a   Kapur, Navneet ^a   Hunt, Isabelle M ^a   Robinson, Jo ^a   Meehan, Janet ^a   Parsons, Rebecca ^a   McCann, Kerry ^a   Flynn, Sandra ^a   Burns, James ^a   Amos, Tim ^a   Shaw, Jenny ^a   Appleby, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community treatment; Homeless; Mental health services; Substance misuse; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HANGING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMELESSNESS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748533181     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0087-6     Document Type: Article

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