Suicide and Violence

The International Handbook of Suicide and Attempted Suicide

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 437-456

  Nock, Matthew K ^a   Marzuk, Peter M ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Major mental health problems; Mutually exclusive; Neurobiological factors; Overlapping endpoints; Suicidal and violent behaviours

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949812008     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470698976.ch24     Document Type: Chapter

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