Heroin-dependent patients attempting and not attempting suicide: A comparison

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 297-303

  Kalyoncu, Ayhan ^a,b   Mirsal, Hasan ^a   Pektaş, Özkan ^a   Tan, Devran ^a   Beyazyürek, Mansur ^a  

^a MALTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Anatolia Klinikleri   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Characteristics; Cholesterol; Heroin dependence; Suicide

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 34748873207     PISSN: 09242708     EISSN: 16015215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-5215.2007.00192.x     Document Type: Article

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