Patterns of Comorbidity of Suicide Attempters: An Update

Current Psychiatry Reports

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Blasco Fontecilla, Hilario ^a,b,c,d   Rodrigo Yanguas, Maria ^a   Giner, Lucas ^e   Lobato Rodriguez, Maria Jose ^a   de Leon, Jose ^f,g,h  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^b Consulting Asistencial Sociosanitario ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^f M Hlth Res Ctr at E State Hosp   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Major repetition; Re attempters; Suicide attempters

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PHYSICAL DISEASE; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; ADULT; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84985931091     PISSN: 15233812     EISSN: 15351645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11920-016-0733-y     Document Type: Review

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