The association between premorbid cognitive ability and social functioning and suicide among young men: A historical-prospective cohort study

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-7

  Weiser, Mark ^a,b   Fenchel, Daphna ^a   Werbeloff, Nomi ^a   Goldberg, Shira ^a   Fruchter, Eyal ^c,d   Reichenberg, Abraham ^e   Burshtein, Shimon ^a   Large, Matthew ^f   Davidson, Michael ^a,b   Lubin, Gad ^g  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^d RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^g Jerusalem Mental Health Center Ezrath Nashim   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Social functioning; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FOLLOW UP; HISTORICAL RESEARCH; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; ISRAEL; ISRAELI; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MORBIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDE; COGNITION; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

EID: 85007416033     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: 18737862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2016.11.015     Document Type: Article

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