Post-discharge suicides of inpatients with bipolar disorder in Finland

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 867-874

  Isometsä, Erkki ^a,b,c   Sund, Reijo ^a,b   Pirkola, Sami ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Bipolar disorder; Incidence; Lithium; Patient discharge; Pharmacotherapy; Risk factors; Suicide

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HAZARD RATIO; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 84914108111     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bdi.12237     Document Type: Article

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