Mental health services, suicide and 7-day working

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 334-339

  Kapur, Nav ^a   Ibrahim, Saied ^a   Hunt, Isabelle M ^a   Turnbull, Pauline ^a   Shaw, Jenny ^a   Appleby, Louis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL PATIENT; SUICIDE; TIME FACTOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENGLAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84991833358     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.116.184788     Document Type: Article

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