Suicide and mental illness: A clinical review of 15 years findings from the UK National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide

British Medical Bulletin

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 101-121

  Windfuhr, Kirsten ^a   Kapur, Navneet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

mental health services; mental illness; National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide; suicide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DATA BASE; DEMENTIA; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; ETHNICITY; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOOD DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 83255165591     PISSN: 00071420     EISSN: 14718391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bmb/ldr042     Document Type: Article

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