From the Serotonin Model of Suicide to a Mental Pain Model of Suicide

Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 323-329

  De Leon, Jose ^a,c,d   Baca Garciá, Enrique ^b,e,f,g,h,i   Blasco Fontecilla, Hilario ^i,j,k  

^a Eastern State Hospital   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL INFANTA ELENA   (Spain)

^g HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^h Sociedad Española de Infectología Pediátrica   (Spain)

ⁱ Autonoma University   (Spain)

^j HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^k INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AUTOPSY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PAIN; MENTAL PATIENT; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIST; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY;

HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PAIN; SEROTONIN; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84942236718     PISSN: 00333190     EISSN: 14230348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000438510     Document Type: Review

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