Medically serious versus non-serious suicide attempts: Relationships of lethality and intent to clinical and interpersonal characteristics

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 286-293

  Horesh, Netta ^a   Levi, Yossi ^b,c   Apter, Alan ^c  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Communication difficulties; Interpersonal; Lethality; Mental pain; Self disclosure; Suicide intent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BECK HOPELESSNESS SCALE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HANGING; HOPELESSNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JUMPING; LETHALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEDATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT INDEX; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UCLA LONELINESS SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857358163     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.11.035     Document Type: Article

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