Factors associated with suicide in the month following contact with different types of health services in Quebec

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 121-126

  Vasiliadis, Helen Maria ^a   Ngamini Ngui, André ^b   Lesage, Alain ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b Direction de l'enseignement universitaire et de la recherche   (Canada)

^c CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; CORONER; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ICD-10; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUEBEC; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922321999     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201400133     Document Type: Article

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