Alcohol: The lubricant to suicidality

Innovations in Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 20-29

  Ali, Shahid ^a   Nathani, Milankumar ^a   Jabeen, Shahgufta ^a   Yazdani, Ijlal ^a   Mouton, Charles D ^a   Bailey, Rahn K ^a   Mahr, Mona ^a   Pate, Rebecca J ^b   Riley, Wayne J ^a  

^a MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Alcohol influence; Anxiolytic; Blood alcohol level; Cerebral cortex; Chemicals; Lethality; Limbic system; Lubricant; Neurotransmitters; Social factor; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; SEROTONIN;

AGGRESSION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GUNSHOT INJURY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; JOB STRESS; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SELF ESTEEM; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 84874327857     PISSN: 21588333     EISSN: 21588341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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