Understanding the risks of recent discharge: The phenomenological experiences: Trying to Survive While Living Under the Proverbial "Sword of Damocles"

Crisis

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 265-272

  Cutcliffe, John ^a,b,c,d   Links, Paul ^e   Harder, Henry ^f   Bergmans, Yvonne ^e   Balderson, Ken ^e   Eynan, Rahel ^e   Ambreen, Munazah ^e   Neibaum, Rosanne ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Existential angst; Ongoing risk; Postdischarge; Preparedness; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84867380276     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000132     Document Type: Article

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