Postdischarge suicide: A psychodynamic understanding of subjective experience and its importance in suicide prevention

Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 80-96

  Schechter, Mark ^a   Goldblatt, Mark J ^c   Ronningstam, Elsa ^b   Herbstman, Benjamin ^b   Maltsberger, John T ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; DESTRUCTION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTDISCHARGE SUICIDE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TREATMENT REFUSAL; HUMAN RELATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84963782547     PISSN: 00259284     EISSN: 19432828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/bumc.2016.80.1.80     Document Type: Article

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