Examining the impact of psychiatric diagnosis and comorbidity on the medical lethality of adolescent suicide attempts

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 437-444

  McManama O'Brien, Kimberly H ^a   Berzin, Stephanie C ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CLASSIFICATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84865767100     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2012.00102.x     Document Type: Article

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