Changes in risk factors for young male suicide in Newcastle upon Tyne, 1961-2009

BJPsych Bulletin

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 136-141

  Linsley, Keith R ^a   Schapira, Martin A ^b   Schapira, Kurt ^b   Lister, Clare ^a  

^a The Royal College of Psychiatrists   (Canada)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBON MONOXIDE; PARACETAMOL; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; BEREAVEMENT; DROWNING; HANGING; HUMAN; JUMPING; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE MAN; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNEMPLOYMENT; FALLING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT HISTORY OF THERAPY;

EID: 84973097758     PISSN: 20564694     EISSN: 20564708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/pb.bp.114.048884     Document Type: Review

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