Parents bereaved by offspring suicide: A population-based longitudinal case-control study

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 158-167

  Bolton, James M ^a   Au, Wendy ^b   Leslie, William D ^a   Martens, Patricia J ^a,b   Enns, Murray W ^a   Roos, Leslie L ^a,b   Katz, Laurence Y ^a   Wilcox, Holly C ^d,e   Erlangsen, Annette ^e   Chateau, Dan ^a,b   Walld, Randy ^b   Spiwak, Rae ^a   Seguin, Monique ^c   Shear, Katherine ^f,g   Sareen, Jitender ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^g Department of Psychology University of Quebec in Outaouais ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIVORCE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEOPLASM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PROGENY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 84874060746     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2013.275     Document Type: Article

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