Suicidality in people surviving a traumatic brain injury: Prevalence, risk factors and implications for clinical management

Brain Injury

Volumn 21, Issue 13-14, 2007, Pages 1335-1351

  Simpson, Grahame K ^a,b   Tate, Robyn L ^b,c  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Faculty of Medicine   (Australia)

^c ROYAL REHABILITATION CENTRE SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Review; Suicide; Suicide attempts; Suicide ideation; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN CONCUSSION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REHABILITATION CARE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURVIVOR; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

EID: 37149028103     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050701785542     Document Type: Review

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