Mental disorders and suicide in Japan: A nation-wide psychological autopsy case-control study

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-175

  Hirokawa, Seiko ^a   Kawakami, Norito ^b   Matsumoto, Toshihiko ^a   Inagaki, Akiko ^b   Eguchi, Nozomi ^b   Tsuchiya, Masao ^c   Katsumata, Yotaro ^a   Akazawa, Masato ^a   Kameyama, Akiko ^a,d   Tachimori, Hisateru ^a   Takeshima, Tadashi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Japan)

^d NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health problem; Mental disorders; Psychological autopsy; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DSM-IV; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862239332     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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