Predicting suicide attempts with the SAD persons scale: A longitudinal analysis

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Bolton, James M ^a   Spiwak, Rae ^a   Sareen, Jitender ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CANADA; COLUMBIA CLASSIFICATION ALGORITHM FOR SUICIDE ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODIFIED SAD PERSONS SCALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAD PERSONS SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 84863553373     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.11m07362     Document Type: Article

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