Population-based analysis of health care contacts among suicide decedents: Identifying opportunities for more targeted suicide prevention strategies

World Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 135-145

  Schaffer, Ayal ^a,b   Sinyor, Mark ^a,b   Kurdyak, Paul ^b,c   Vigod, Simone ^b,d   Sareen, Jitender ^e,f   Reis, Catherine ^a   Green, Diane ^g   Bolton, James ^e,h   Rhodes, Anne ^g,i,j,k   Grigoriadis, Sophie ^a,b   Cairney, John ^k   Cheung, Amy ^a,b  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^d WOMEN S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f WINNIPEG REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^g INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^h HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^j McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences McMaster Innovation Park   (Canada)

^k MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

health care contacts; mental health care; outpatient primary care; population based analysis; Suicide; suicide prevention strategies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; BEREAVEMENT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CANADA; CHILD; CONFLICT; CONSULTATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; GENDER; GUNSHOT INJURY; HANGING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; JOB STRESS; LEGAL ASPECT; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF POISONING; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84973100999     PISSN: 17238617     EISSN: 20515545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wps.20321     Document Type: Article

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