An overview of traumatic brain injury and suicide

Brain Injury

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 811-819

  Wasserman, Lori ^a   Shaw, Tammy ^a   Vu, Michael ^b   Ko, Clara ^c   Bollegala, Dimitri ^a   Bhalerao, Shree ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Risk factors; Suicide; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CITALOPRAM; DESIPRAMINE; ESCITALOPRAM; FLUOXETINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MIRTAZAPINE; NORTRIPTYLINE; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; SERTRALINE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; VENLAFAXINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSIVENESS; AWARENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EMERGENCY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTENSIVE CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; WEAPON;

EID: 54049141697     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: 1362301X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050802372166     Document Type: Review

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