In-patient suicide - A 13-year assessment

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 71-75

  Ajdacic Gross, V ^a   Lauber, C ^a   Baumgartner, M ^a   Malti, T ^a   Rossler W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PSYCHIATRY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

In patient; Mental disorder; Risk factors; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66749135156     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2009.01380.x     Document Type: Article

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