Risk of adolescent offspring's completed suicide increases with prior history of their same-sex parents' death by suicide

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1845-1854

  Cheng, C C J ^a   Yen, W J ^b   Chang, W T ^c   Wu, K C C ^d,e   Ko, M C ^c,f   Li, C Y ^g,h  

^a FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^h CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

case control studies; Key words Adolescent; parent; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL MORTALITY; PARENT; PARENTAL DEPRIVATION; REGISTER; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD OF IMPAIRED PARENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL DEATH; PARENTAL DEATH; PARENTS; REGISTRIES; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901408603     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291713002298     Document Type: Article

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