Prospective study of risk factors for increased suicide ideation and behavior following recent discharge

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-97

  Links, Paul ^a,b,c   Nisenbaum, Rosane ^c,d   Ambreen, Munazzah ^a   Balderson, Ken ^a   Bergmans, Yvonne ^a   Eynan, Rahel ^a   Harder, Henry ^e   Cutcliffe, John ^f  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Psychiatry; Recent discharge; Risk factors; Suicide behavior; Suicide ideation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOPELESSNESS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 84855346992     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2011.08.016     Document Type: Article

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