Suicide risk and personality traits in physically and/or sexually abused acute psychiatric inpatients: A preliminary study

Psychological Reports

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 554-568

  Pompili, Maurizio ^a   Innamorati, Marco ^b   Lester, David ^c   Iliceto, Paolo ^a   Rihmer, Zoltán ^d   S akiskal, Hagop ^e   Girardi, Paolo ^a   Ferracuti, Stefano ^a   Tatarelli, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ EUROPEA DI ROMA   (Italy)

^c RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^d SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; MOTIVATION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MMPI; MOTIVATION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049111195     PISSN: 00332941     EISSN: 1558691X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PR0.105.2.554-568     Document Type: Article

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