A prospective study of lipids and serotonin as risk markers of violence and self-harm in acute psychiatric patients

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 186, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 293-299

  Roaldset, John O ^a,b   Bakken, Anne M ^c   Bjørkly, Stål ^d,e  

^a Aalesund Hospital   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d MOLDE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^e OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aggression; HDL; Mental disorders; Prediction; Suicidal; Total cholesterol; Triglycerides

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPID; LITHIUM; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN NORADRENALIN REUPTAKE INHIBITOR; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROTONIN BLOOD LEVEL; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; THROMBOCYTE; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LIPIDS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEROTONIN; TIME FACTORS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79952359483     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.07.029     Document Type: Article

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