Suicides in users of mental health care services: Treatment characteristics and hindsight reflections

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-49

  Huisman, Annemiek ^a   Kerkhof, Ad J F M ^a   Robben, Paul B M ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960995141     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2010.00015.x     Document Type: Article

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