Gender and risk factors for suicide: Evidence for heterogeneity in predisposing mechanisms in a psychological autopsy study

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1612-1617

  McGirr, Alexander ^a   Séguin, Monique ^a,b   Renaud, Johanne ^a   Benkelfat, Chawki ^a   Alda, Martin ^a   Turecki, Gustavo ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE;

EID: 33751200930     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v67n1018     Document Type: Article

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