Determinants of psychiatric hospitalization after attempted suicide

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 424-430

  Suominen, Kirsi ^a,b   Lönnqvist, Jouko ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b JORVI HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Decision making; Health care; Psychiatric emergency services; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RECURRENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STATISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 33750014817     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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