Psychiatric assessment of suicide attempters in Japan: A pilot study at a critical emergency unit in an urban area

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Yamada, Tomoki ^a,b   Kawanishi, Chiaki ^b   Hasegawa, Hana ^b   Sato, Ryoko ^b   Konishi, Akiko ^b   Kato, Daiji ^b   Furuno, Taku ^b   Kishida, Ikuko ^b   Odawara, Toshinari ^b   Sugiyama, Mitsugi ^a   Hirayasu, Yoshio ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMERGENCY CARE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX RATIO; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; URBAN AREA; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ETHNOLOGY; HOSPITAL; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 38049140823     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-7-64     Document Type: Article

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