Suicide notes: Psychological and clinical profile

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-170

  Bhatia, Manjeet S ^a,c   Verma, Satish K ^a   Murty, O P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Psychological autopsy; Suicide; Suicide note

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HOME ACCIDENT; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; CAUSE OF DEATH; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; WRITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; WRITING;

EID: 34249692214     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/5690-CMGX-6A1C-Q28H     Document Type: Article

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