Introduction to suicide and self-harm

Psychiatry

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 259-262

  Kapur, Navneet ^a   Gask, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness; non fatal self harm; psychological autopsy; suicide

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PARACETAMOL;

AUTOMUTILATION; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; DEPRESSION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF POISONING; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33845349528     PISSN: 14761793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.mppsy.2006.05.004     Document Type: Review

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