Executive function and suicidality: A systematic qualitative review

Clinical Psychology Review

Volumn 40, Issue , 2015, Pages 170-183

  Bredemeier, Keith ^a   Miller, Ivan W ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive function; Inhibition; Shifting; Suicidality; Suicide attempt; Updating

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMAN; LETHALITY; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOOD DISORDER; PSYCHOSIS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; COGNITIVE DEFECT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE;

COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; HUMANS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84933520310     PISSN: 02727358     EISSN: 18737811     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpr.2015.06.005     Document Type: Review

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