Details on suicide among US physicians: Data from the National Violent Death Reporting System

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 45-49

  Gold, Katherine J ^a,b   Sen, Ananda ^a,b   Schwenk, Thomas L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Health professionals; Mental health; Physicians; Suicide

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DRUG TRAFFIC; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ASPHYXIA; BARBITURATES; BENZODIAZEPINES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEPRESSION; DRUG OVERDOSE; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICIANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 84872381597     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2012.08.005     Document Type: Article

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