Sudden improvement among high-risk suicidal patients: Should it be trusted?

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 387-389

  Simon, Robert ^a,b   Gutheil, Thomas G ^c  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Harvard Medical School ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 61749086177     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.3.387     Document Type: Short Survey

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