Understanding suicide and disability through three major disabling conditions: Intellectual disability, spinal cord injury, and multiple sclerosis

Disability and Health Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 74-78

  Giannini, Margaret J ^a   Bergmark, Brian ^a   Kreshover, Samantha ^b   Elias, Eileen ^a   Plummer, Caitlin ^b   O'Keefe, Eileen ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disabilities; Disability; Intellectual Disability; Multiple Sclerosis; Spinal Cord Injury; Suicide

Indexed keywords

COCHRANE LIBRARY; DISABILITY; EATING DISORDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDLINE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMATIZATION; SPINAL CORD INJURY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL RETARDATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RISK FACTORS; SPINAL CORD INJURIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949484640     PISSN: 19366574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dhjo.2009.09.001     Document Type: Review

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