Meta-analysis of longitudinal cohort studies of suicide risk assessment among psychiatric patients: Heterogeneity in results and lack of improvement over time

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Large, Matthew ^a,b   Kaneson, Muthusamy ^a   Myles, Nicholas ^c   Myles, Hannah ^d,e   Gunaratne, Pramudie ^b   Ryan, Christopher ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e Country Health SA Mental Health ^*  (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^g WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW RISK POPULATION; MENTAL PATIENT; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VALIDATION STUDY; MENTAL DISORDERS; META ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TIME FACTOR;

COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MENTAL DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84976337063     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156322     Document Type: Article

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