Predicting suicide following self-harm: Systematic review of risk factors and risk scales

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 277-283

  Chan, Melissa K Y ^a   Bhatti, Henna ^b   Meader, Nick ^c   Stockton, Sarah ^d   Evans, Jonathan ^e   O'Connor, Rory C ^f   Kapur, Nav ^g   Kendall, Tim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AUTOMUTILATION; CINAHL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PREDICTION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; META ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84991783849     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.115.170050     Document Type: Review

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