The role of moral objections to suicide in the assessment of suicidal patients

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 815-821

  Lizardi, Dana ^a   Dervic, Kanita ^b   Grunebaum, Michael F ^c   Burke, Ainsley K ^c   Mann, J John ^c   Oquendo, Maria A ^c,d  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Moral objections; Protective factors; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LIFESPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

EID: 44649160538     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2007.09.007     Document Type: Article

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