Suicidal intention, psychosocial factors and referral to further treatment: A one-year cross-sectional study of self-poisoning

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bjornaas, Mari A ^a,b   Hovda, Knut E ^a   Heyerdahl, Fridtjof ^a   Skog, Karina ^c   Drottning, Per ^d   Opdahl, Anders ^e   Jacobsen, Dag ^a   Ekeberg, Oivind ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d LOVISENBERG DIAKONALE HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF POISONING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; ADDICTION; AFTERCARE; BEHAVIOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; INTOXICATION; MARRIAGE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AFTERCARE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; NORWAY; OVERDOSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 77954875244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-10-58     Document Type: Article

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