Spinal cord and related injuries after attempted suicide: Psychiatric diagnosis and long-term follow-up

Spinal Cord

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 437-443

  Stanford, R E ^a   Soden, R ^b   Bartrop, R ^b   Mikk, M ^c   Taylor, T K F ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute spinal cord injury; Drug abuse; Fall from height; Long term outcome; Mental illness; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CERVICAL SPINE INJURY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GUNSHOT INJURY; HOME; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NURSING HOME; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURVIVOR; THORACIC SPINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249939908     PISSN: 13624393     EISSN: 14765624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.sc.3102043     Document Type: Article

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