Alcohol use disorders increase the risk of completed suicide - Irrespective of other psychiatric disorders. A longitudinal cohort study

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 167, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 123-130

  Flensborg Madsen, Trine ^a,b,c   Knop, Joachim ^a   Mortensen, Erik Lykke ^d   Becker, Ulrik ^d   Sher, Leo ^b   Grønbæk, Morten ^c  

^a The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorders; Drug abuse; Epidemiology; Mood disorders; Personality disorders; Prospective study; Psychotic disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOSIS; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 64649096204     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2008.01.008     Document Type: Article

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