Homicide–suicide and the role of mental disorder: a national consecutive case series

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 877-884

  Flynn, Sandra ^a   Gask, Linda ^a   Appleby, Louis ^a   Shaw, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Family violence; Homicide; Homicide suicide; Mental illness; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CRIME VICTIM; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; VERY ELDERLY; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CRIME VICTIMS; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOMICIDE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963773904     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-016-1209-4     Document Type: Article

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