Studying survivors of near-lethal suicide attempts as a proxy for completed suicide in prisons

Forensic Science International

Volumn 220, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 19-26

  Rivlin, Adrienne ^a   Fazel, Seena ^a   Marzano, Lisa ^a   Hawton, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Near lethal suicide attempts; Prison; Suicidal intent; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISONER; SELF POISONING; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SUICIDE INTENT SCALE;

EID: 84862669299     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2012.01.022     Document Type: Article

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