Effects of suicide bereavement on mental health and suicide risk

The Lancet Psychiatry

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 86-94

  Pitman, Alexandra ^a   Osborn, David ^a   King, Michael ^a   Erlangsen, Annette ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Mental Health Centre Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY HISTORY; GENETIC RISK; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MORTALITY; PARENT; PROGENY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STIGMA; SUICIDE;

EID: 84920099291     PISSN: 22150366     EISSN: 22150374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(14)70224-X     Document Type: Review

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