Thoughts of Death and Self-Harm in Patients With Epilepsy or Multiple Sclerosis in a Tertiary Care Center

Psychosomatics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 44-51

  Dickstein, Leah P ^a,b   Viguera, Adele C ^a,b   Nowacki, Amy S ^a,b   Thompson, Nicolas R ^b   Griffith, Sandra D ^b   Baldessarini, Ross J ^b,c,d   Katzan, Irene L ^b  

^a CLEVELAND CLINIC LERNER COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL THINKING; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; DIVORCED PERSON; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 8; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SEX; SINGLE (MARITAL STATUS); TERTIARY CARE CENTER; THOUGHTS OF DEATH; WIDOWED PERSON; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84921463404     PISSN: 00333182     EISSN: 15457206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psym.2014.05.008     Document Type: Article

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