Substance use disorders as risk factors for suicide in an Eastern and a Central European city (Tallinn and Frankfurt/Main)

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 263-272

  Schneider, Barbara ^a   Kõlves, Kairi ^b,c   Blettner, Maria ^d   Wetterling, Tilman ^a,e   Schnabel, Axel ^a   Värnik, Airi ^b,c,f  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Estonian Swedish Mental Health and Suicidology Institute (ERSI)   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d Informatics   (Germany)

^e Vivantes Klinikum Hellersdorf   (Germany)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alcohol use disorders; Cultural factors; Psychological autopsy; Risk factor; Socio political factors; Substance use disorders; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CULTURE; ESTONIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 59349117324     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.03.022     Document Type: Article

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