Moral or religious objections to suicide may protect against suicidal behavior in bipolar disorder

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1390-1396

  Dervic, Kanita ^a,b   Carballo, Juan J ^c   Baca Garcia, Enrique ^a,c   Galfalvy, Hanga C ^a   Mann, J John ^a   Brent, David A ^d   Oquendo, Maria A ^a  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO FUNDACIÓN JIMÉNEZ DÍAZ   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD ABUSE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REASONS FOR LIVING INVENTORY; RELIGION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 80054947378     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.09m05910gre     Document Type: Article

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