Higher total cholesterol level is associated with suicidal ideation in first-episode schizophrenia females

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 383-388

  Misiak, Błazej ^a   Kiejna, Andrzej ^a   Frydecka, Dorota ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Gender; Lipid levels; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

AMISULPRIDE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CHOLESTEROL; HALOPERIDOL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; OLANZAPINE; RISPERIDONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIRST EPISODE SCHIZOPHRENIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATIONAL CRITERIA FOR PSYCHOTIC ILLNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPLICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; METABOLISM; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLESTEROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84926149100     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.12.030     Document Type: Article

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