Differences between suicide victims who leave notes and those who do not: A 2-Year Study in Greece

Crisis

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 344-349

  Paraschakis, Antonios ^a   Michopoulos, Ioannis ^b   Douzenis, Athanassios ^b   Christodoulou, Christos ^b   Koutsaftis, Filippos ^c   Lykouras, Lefteris ^b  

^a Psychiatric Hospital of Attika Dafni   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c Forensic Medical Service of Athens   (Greece)

Author keywords

Suicide note; Suicide victim

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GREECE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; WRITING;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; FORENSIC MEDICINE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; WRITING;

EID: 84873933474     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000150     Document Type: Article

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