Characteristics of general practitioner consultations prior to suicide: A nested case-control study in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 119, Issue 1247, 2006, Pages

  Didham, Rebecca ^a   Dovey, Susan ^a   Reith, David ^b  

^a RNZCGP Research Unit

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIULCER AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PATIENT ATTITUDE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DROWNING; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOSPITALIZATION; INTOXICATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT REFERRAL; REGISTER; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DROWNING; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; POISONING; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REGISTRIES; SUICIDE; WOUNDS, GUNSHOT;

EID: 33845775294     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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