Suicide within two weeks of discharge from psychiatric inpatient care: A case-control study

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 653-659

  Bickley, Harriet ^a   Hunt, Isabelle M ^a   Windfuhr, Kirsten ^a   Shaw, Jenny ^a   Appleby, Louis ^a   Kapur, Navneet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFTERCARE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84883202432     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201200026     Document Type: Article

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