Postdischarge suicides nightmare and disgrace

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 73, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1113-1114

  Nordentoft, Merete ^a,b,c   Erlangsen, Annette ^d   Madsen, Trine ^e  

^a Mental Health Centre Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Mental Health Centre Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFTERCARE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DECENTRALIZATION; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOPELESSNESS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MEDICAID; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MENTAL PATIENT; NIGHTMARE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PSYCHIATRIST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE; DREAM;

DREAMS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84997701968     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.2010     Document Type: Editorial

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