How the psychiatrists of a mental health department managed their patients before an attempted suicide: Regular Article

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 706-714

  Scocco, Paolo ^a   Toffol, Elena ^a   Pilotto, Elisa ^a   Riccardo, Pertile ^b   Pavan, Luigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Psychiatric care; Suicidal risk; Suicide; Suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; LITHIUM; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL PATIENT; MOOD DISORDER; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHIATRY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70450180086     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2009.02016.x     Document Type: Article

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