Gender-specific suicide risk factors: A case-control study of individuals with major depressive disorder

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1209-1216

  Dalca, Ioana Mioara ^c   McGirr, Alexander ^a,c   Renaud, Johanne ^b,c   Turecki, Gustavo ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CANADA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84891442316     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.12m08180     Document Type: Article

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