Prevalence and correlates of suicidality among Indian women with post-partum psychosis in an inpatient setting

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 976-980

  Babu, Girish ^a   Subbakrishna, Dodbalapur ^a   Chandra, Prabha ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Depression; Postpartum psychosis; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PUERPERAL PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION, POSTPARTUM; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANTICIDE; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55049104337     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670802415384     Document Type: Article

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