Parasuicide and drug self-poisoning: Analysis of the epidemiological and clinical variables of the patients admitted to the Poisoning Treatment Centre (CAV), Niguarda General Hospital, Milan

Clinical Practice and Epidemiology in Mental Health

Volumn 1, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Mauri, Massimo Carlo ^a   Cerveri, Giancarlo ^a   Volonteri, Lucia Sara ^a   Fiorentini, Alessio ^a   Colasanti, Alessandro ^a   Manfré, Sergio ^b   Borghini, Rossana ^b   Pannacciulli, Emma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drug self poisoning; Parasuicide; Psychiatric diagnoses; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ATYPICAL ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; METHADONE; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; NORADRENALIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; PROKINETIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANAMNESIS; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF POISONING; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 33845222581     PISSN: 17450179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-0179-1-5     Document Type: Article

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