Real-Time Monitoring of Non-linear Suicidal Dynamics: Methodology and a Demonstrative Case Report

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Fartacek, Clemens ^a,b   Schiepek, Günter ^a   Kunrath, Sabine ^a,b   Fartacek, Reinhold ^a,b   Plöderl, Martin ^a,b  

^a PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Christian Doppler Klinik   (Austria)

Author keywords

critical instability; early warning system; non linear dynamic systems; real time monitoring; risk assessment; suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84974824710     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00130     Document Type: Article

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