Neuroeconomics of suicide

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 400-404

  Takahashi, Taiki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Discounting; Intertemporal choice; Neuroeconomics; Risk; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CHOLESTEROL; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; NITRIC OXIDE; NORADRENALIN; PRASTERONE; PROGESTERONE; SEROTONIN;

AVERSIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; LIMBIC SYSTEM; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROECONOMICS; PARAMETER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; THEORY; WELLBEING;

EID: 80053541934     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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