‘Flash-forwards’ and suicidal ideation: A prospective investigation of mental imagery, entrapment and defeat in a cohort from the Hong Kong Mental Morbidity Survey

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 246, Issue , 2016, Pages 453-460

  Ng, Roger M K ^a   Di Simplicio, Martina ^b   McManus, Freda ^c   Kennerley, Helen ^c   Holmes, Emily A ^d  

^a KOWLOON HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognition; Imagery; Risk factors; Suicidal ideation; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IMAGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SUICIDAL IDEATION; IMAGINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84992522039     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2016.10.018     Document Type: Article

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