Psychosocial and clinical correlates of suicidal acts: Results from a national population survey

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 192, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 279-284

  Blackmore, Emma Robertson ^a,e   Munce, Sarah ^b   Weller, Iris ^c   Zagorski, Brandon ^c   Stansfeld, Stephen A ^d   Stewart, Donna E ^b   Caine, Eric D ^a   Conwell, Yeates ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; CANADA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 43749093893     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.037382     Document Type: Article

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