Recognition of mental illness and suicidality among individuals with serious mental illness

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 196, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 727-734

  Gonzalez, Vivian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Insight; Serious mental illness; Suicidal ideation; Suicide attempts.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTROSPECTION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECOGNITION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 54849437617     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181879deb     Document Type: Article

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