Correlates and antecedents of hospital admission for attempted suicide: A nationwide survey in Italy

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 260, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 181-190

  Preti, Antonio ^a   Tondo, Leonardo ^a   Sisti, Davide ^b   Rocchi, Marco B ^b   De Girolamo, Giovanni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^c IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Depression; In patients; Prevention; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DELUSION; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EATING DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; OCCUPATION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PSYCHOSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SELF CARE; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHECKLIST; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950862151     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-009-0037-x     Document Type: Article

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