Is it possible to predict suicide?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 341-

  Sher, Leo ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; LETTER; MANIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 79952789600     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048674.2011.560136     Document Type: Letter

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