Suicide after release from prison: A population-based cohort study from Sweden

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 75, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1047-1053

  Haglund, Axel ^a   Tidemalm, Dag ^a   Jokinen, Jussi ^a   Långström, Niklas ^a   Lichtenstein, Paul ^a   Fazel, Seena ^b   Runeson, Bo ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MALE; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922391848     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: 15552101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.13m08967     Document Type: Article

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