Suicide in bipolar disorder: Characteristics and subgroups

Bipolar Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 732-740

  Schaffer, Ayal ^a,b   Sinyor, Mark ^a,b   Reis, Catherine ^a   Goldstein, Benjamin I ^a,b   Levitt, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Cluster analysis; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BEREAVEMENT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CANADA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROWNING; EMPLOYMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; HANGING; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF POISONING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TIME OF DEATH; AGE; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE;

EID: 84925943223     PISSN: 13985647     EISSN: 13995618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bdi.12219     Document Type: Article

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