Traumatic subjective experiences invite suicide

Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis and Dynamic Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 671-693

  Maltsberger, John T ^a   Goldblatt, Mark J ^a   Ronningstam, Elsa ^a   Weinberg, Igor ^a   Schechter, Mark ^b,c  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b North Shore Mental Health Center   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECT; CASE REPORT; CATASTROPHIZING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; AFFECT; CATASTROPHIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84255209570     PISSN: 15460371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/jaap.2011.39.4.671     Document Type: Article

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