The distillation of "VISCI": Towards a better identification of suicidal inmates

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 376-385

  Frottier, Patrick ^a   Koenig, Franz ^b   Seyringer, Michaela ^b   Matschnig, Teresa ^b   Fruehwald, Stefan ^c  

^a Justizanstalt Wien Mittersteig   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Community Mental Health Services ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; OCCUPATION; PRISON; PRISONER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VALIDATION STUDY; VIENNESE INSTRUMENT FOR SUICIDALITY IN CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION; VIOLENCE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

AUSTRIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; PRISONERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUICIDE;

EID: 70349663750     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2009.39.4.376     Document Type: Article

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