Risk factors for suicide in the immediate post-discharge period

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 208-214

  Kan, Chui Kwan ^a   Ho, Ting Pong ^b   Dong, Jimmy Y S ^c   Dunn, Eva L W ^a  

^a PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Case control study; Psychiatric illness; Risk factors; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCREENING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 34247474437     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-006-0153-0     Document Type: Article

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