Impulsiveness and suicide risk: A literature review

Impulsivity: Causes, Control and Disorders

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 59-81

  Pompili, Maurizio ^a   Del Casale, Antonio ^a   Forte, Alberto ^a   Falcone, Ilaria ^a   Palmieri, Gaspare ^a   Innamorati, Marco ^a   Fotaras, Michela ^a   Tatarelli, Roberto ^a   Lester, David ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

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