Life events as precipitants of suicide attempts among first-time suicide attempters, repeaters, and non-attempters

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 186, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 300-305

  Pompili, Maurizio ^a,b   Innamorati, Marco ^c   Szanto, Katalin ^d   Di Vittorio, Cristina ^e   Conwell, Yeates ^f   Lester, David ^g   Tatarelli, Roberto ^b   Girardi, Paolo ^b   Amore, Mario ^e  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ EUROPEA DI ROMA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^g RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Stressful life events; Suicide

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952359645     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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