Suicide attempts by jumping and psychotic illness

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 568-573

  Nielssen, Olav ^a   Glozier, Nicholas ^b   Babidge, Nicholas ^c   Reutens, Sharon ^d   Andrews, Douglas ^e   Gerard, Andrew ^f   Malhi, Gin S ^a   Large, Matthew M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c SUTHERLAND HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d BANKSTOWN LIDCOMBE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; First episode psychosis; Jumping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; JUMPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PSYCHOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELUSIONS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952825616     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048671003606086     Document Type: Article

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