LETHAL MEANS ACCESS AND ASSESSMENT AMONG SUICIDAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT PATIENTS

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 502-511

  Betz, Marian E ^a   Miller, Matthew ^b   Barber, Catherine ^b   Beaty, Brenda ^c   Miller, Ivan ^d   Camargo, Carlos A ^e   Boudreaux, Edwin D ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d BUTLER HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment diagnosis; clinical trials; depression; epidemiology; suicide self harm; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FIREARM; FIREARM HOME ACCESS; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TIME; HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961262910     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.22486     Document Type: Article

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