Psychache and suicide: A preliminary investigation

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 116-121

  Pompili, Maurizio ^a,b   Lester, David ^c   Leenaars, Antoon A ^d   Tatarelli, Roberto ^a   Girardi, Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF SUICIDE   (United States)

^d Sant'Andrea Hospital ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHACHE; PSYCHIATRIST; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; SUICIDE;

EID: 41649091605     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2008.38.1.116     Document Type: Article

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