Suicidal behavior in schizophrenia: A test of the demoralization hypothesis

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 147-153

  Restifo, Kathleen ^a,c   Harkavy Friedman, Jill M ^a   Shrout, Patrick E ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Depression; Insight; Premorbid adjustment; Schizoaffective disorder; Schizophrenia; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MODEL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYMPTOM; ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DISEASE; MORALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSIS; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; INTENTION; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63149167393     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e318199f452     Document Type: Article

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