Practical suicide-risk management for the busy primary care physician

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 792-800

  McDowell, Anna K ^a   Lineberry, Timothy W ^b   Bostwick, J Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; PLACEBO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGITATION; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BORDERLINE STATE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH; PANIC; PATIENT CARE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESTLESSNESS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 79960968354     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/mcp.2011.0076     Document Type: Review

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