Mental Pain, Communication Difficulties, and Medically Serious Suicide Attempts: A Case-Control Study

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 74-87

  Levi Belz, Yossi ^a,b,c   Gvion, Yari ^d   Horesh, Netta ^d   Fischel, Tsvi ^c,e   Treves, Ilan ^c,f   Or, Evgenia ^g   Stein Reisner, Orit ^g   Weiser, Mark ^h   David, Haim Shem ^h   Apter, Alan ^b,c  

^a RUPPIN ACADEMIC CENTER   (Israel)

^b SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^f SHALVATA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^g Lev Hasharon Psychiatric Hospital   (Israel)

^h SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

medical lethality; mental pain; schizoid tendencies; self disclosure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOPE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LIFE EVENT; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOIDISM; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMMUNICATION; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOPE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOID PERSONALITY DISORDER; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897661554     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2013.809041     Document Type: Article

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