Mental pain and its communication in medically serious suicide attempts: An "impossible situation"

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 111, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 244-250

  Levi, Yossi ^a   Horesh, Netta ^b   Fischel, Tzvi ^c   Treves, Ilan ^c   Or, Evgenia ^d   Apter, Alan ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d Lev Hasharon Psychiatric Hospital   (Israel)

Author keywords

Depression; Medically serious suicide attempts; Mental pain; Self disclosure; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF DISCLOSURE; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROL GROUPS; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 54049127769     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.02.022     Document Type: Article

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