Suicide risk in dialysis: Review of current literature

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 85-108

  Pompili, Maurizio ^a   Venturini, Paola ^a   Montebovi, Franco ^a   Forte, Alberto ^a   Palermo, Mario ^a   Lamis, Dorian ^b   Serafini, Gianluca ^a   Amore, Mario ^c   Girardi, Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

dialysis; end stage kidney disease; major depression; suicidal behavior; withdrawal from treatment

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIALYSIS; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER REVIEW; QUALITY OF LIFE; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; RENAL DIALYSIS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84889798320     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/PM.46.1.f     Document Type: Article

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