Hard outcomes: Clinical trials to reduce suicide

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 168, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1009-1011

  Perlis, Roy H ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; VALPROIC ACID;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFICACY; EDITORIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMPULSIVENESS; LONG TERM CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SUICIDE;

EID: 80054797436     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2011.11081250     Document Type: Editorial

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