Gender-specific differences among patients treated for suicide attempts in the emergency departments of four general hospitals in Shenyang, China

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-58

  Wei, Shengnan ^a   Yan, Hongfei ^b   Chen, Wei ^c   Liu, Li ^a   Bi, Bo ^a   Li, Haiyan ^a   Hou, Jinglin ^a   Tan, Shanyong ^a   Chen, Xu ^a   Dong, Guanghui ^a   Qin, Xiaoxia ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANDONG MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (China)

^c HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Emergency department; Gender; General hospital

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COITUS; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SUICIDE IDEATION SCALE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872396606     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2012.10.007     Document Type: Article

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