No cathartic effect in suicide attempters admitted to the emergency department

Journal of Psychiatric Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 433-441

  Pompili, Maurizio ^a   Innamorati, Marco ^a   Del Casale, Antonio ^a   Serafini, Gianluca ^a   Forte, Alberto ^a   Lester, David ^b   Raja, Michele ^a   Amore, Mario ^c   Tatarelli, Roberto ^a   Girardi, Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Depressive mood; Emergency department; Prevention; Suicidal ideation; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGITATION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LOGLINEAR MODEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 75149114708     PISSN: 15274160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pra.0000364284.78457.ea     Document Type: Article

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