Cluster analysis reveals risk factors for repeated suicide attempts in a multi-ethnic Asian population

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 38-42

  Choo, Carol ^a   Diederich, Joachim ^b   Song, Insu ^c   Ho, Roger ^d  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Borderline personality disorder; Cluster analysis; Data mining; Psychotic illness; Repeated suicide attempts; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE; PARACETAMOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA MINING; DIVORCE; DRUG OVERDOSE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STRESS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNEMPLOYMENT;

BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DATA MINING; PSYCHOTIC ILLNESS; REPEATED SUICIDE ATTEMPTS; RISK FACTORS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896393662     PISSN: 18762018     EISSN: 18762026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2013.10.001     Document Type: Article

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