Psychosocial and psychiatric characteristics of suicide completers with psychiatric treatment before death: A psychological autopsy study of 76 cases

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 292-302

  Hirokawa, Seiko ^a   Matsumoto, Toshihiko ^a   Katsumata, Yotaro ^a   Kitani, Masahiko ^a   Akazawa, Masato ^a   Takahashi, Yoshitomo ^e   Kawakami, Norito ^b   Watanabe, Naoki ^f   Hirayama, Masami ^c   Kameyama, Akiko ^a,d   Takeshima, Tadashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Seigakuin University   (Japan)

^d NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^f Kansai University of International Studies   (Japan)

Author keywords

overdose; psychiatric treatment; psychological autopsy; suicide; young adults

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG OVERDOSE; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL WELFARE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84861569621     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2012.02343.x     Document Type: Article

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