Suicide sex ratio: The interaction between mental illness and suicide methods

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 294-295

  Chen, Ying Yeh ^a   Chiang, Hung Chi ^b   Liao, Shih Cheng ^c   Lee, Ming Been ^c  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Taiwan Suicide Prevention Center   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; DEPRESSION; HANGING; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LETTER; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SUICIDE; TAIWAN; VALIDITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; VIOLENCE;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SUICIDE; TAIWAN; VIOLENCE;

EID: 62649155264     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.08l04494     Document Type: Letter

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