Study on suicide risk assessment in mental illness underestimates inpatient suicide risk

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 352, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Large, Matthew ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PATIENT; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE; ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ANXIETY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84959378601     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i267     Document Type: Letter

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