Can we really prevent suicide?

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 624-633

  Schwartz Lifshitz, Maya ^a   Zalsman, Gil ^a,b   Giner, Lucas ^c   Oquendo, Maria A ^d,e  

^a GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^d NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Alcohol and other substance abuse; Anxiety disorders; Bipolar disorders; Childhood trauma; Depressive disorders; Diagnosis; Diagnostic risk factors; Electroconvulsive therapy; Heredity; Hopelessness; Identification methods; Impulsivity and hostility; Meansrestriction; Media coverage; Mood disorders; Past attempts; Pharmacotherapy; Prevention; Psychiatry; Psychotherapy; Risk factors; Schizophrenia; Suicide; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CLOZAPINE; LITHIUM; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PLACEBO; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMMUNITY CARE; DEPRESSION; ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEREDITY; HOPELESSNESS; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MOOD DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PSYCHOTRAUMA; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CARE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84870777202     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-012-0318-3     Document Type: Review

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