Suicide in prisoners: A systematic review of risk factors

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1721-1731

  Fazel, Seena ^a,b   Cartwright, Julia ^b   Norman Nott, Arabella ^b   Hawton, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CINAHL; EMBASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; PSYCINFO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 57349106424     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v69n1107     Document Type: Article

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