Suicidal ideation in Huntington disease: The role of comorbidity

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 372-376

  Wetzel, Heather H ^a   Gehl, Carissa R ^b   Dellefave Castillo, Lisa ^c   Schiffman, Judith F ^d   Shannon, Kathleen M ^e   Paulsen, Jane S ^f  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic; Neurodegenerative; Psychiatry; Suicide

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IRRITABILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 79960696876     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2011.05.006     Document Type: Article

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