Suicide and mental illness in parents and risk of suicide in offspring

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 748-751

  Sørensen, Holger J ^a,b   Mortensen, Erik L ^a,c   Wang, August G ^b   Juel, Knud ^d   Silverton, Leigh ^e   Mednick, Sarnoff A ^a,e  

^a The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^b AMAGER HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender; Mental illness; Offspring suicide; Parental suicide; Social status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; FATHER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTHER; PARENT; PROGENY; REGISTER; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; FATHERS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MOTHERS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 69849098355     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-009-0495-5     Document Type: Article

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