Comorbid psychiatric diagnoses in suicide attempt by charcoal burning: A 10-year study in a general hospital in Taiwan

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 552-556

  Lin, Chemin ^a   Yen, Tzung Hai ^a,b   Juang, Yeong Yuh ^a,b   Leong, Wa Cheong ^b   Hung, Huei Min ^b   Ku, Chung Hsuan ^b   Lin, Ja Liang ^a,b   Lee, Shwu Hua ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Charcoal burning; Gender; Psychiatric diagnosis; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CHARCOAL BURNING; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURNS; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHARCOAL; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865387606     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2012.03.015     Document Type: Article

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