Mental disorder and suicide: A faulty connection

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 18-20

  Pridmore, Saxby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Psychological autopsy; suicide; suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; AUTOPSY; CULTURAL FACTOR; GREECE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; LITHUANIA; MOOD DISORDER; MORALITY; NEURASTHENIA; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SEX RATIO; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUICIDE; TEMPERAMENT; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84919460667     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867414548904     Document Type: Review

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