The association between suicide and the utilization of mental health services in South Tirol, Italy: A psychological autopsy study

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 30-39

  Giupponi, Giancarlo ^a   Pycha, Roger ^a   Innamorati, Marco ^b   Lamis, Dorian A ^c   Schmidt, Evelyn ^a   Conca, Andreas ^a   Kapfhammer, Hans Peter ^d   Lester, David ^e   Girardi, Paolo ^b   Pompili, Maurizio ^b  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^e RICHARD STOCKTON COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

psychiatric diagnosis; psychological autopsy; risk factors; service utilization; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL AUTOPSY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SERVICE UTILIZATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL AUTOPSY; RISK FACTORS; SERVICE UTILIZATION; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSIS, DUAL (PSYCHIATRY); FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ITALY; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84893114469     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764012461209     Document Type: Article

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