Ecological studies and the big puzzle of falling suicide rates

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 169-170

  Bramness, Jørgen G ^a,b   Walby, Fredrik ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d Suicide Research and Prevention Unit   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; LITHIUM;

DEPRESSION; DRUG MARKETING; ECOSYSTEM; EDITORIAL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; AUSTRIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUICIDE;

EID: 58849146629     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01318.x     Document Type: Editorial

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