Association between spousal suicide and mental, physical, and social health outcomes a longitudinal and nationwide register-based study

JAMA Psychiatry

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 456-464

  Erlangsen, Annette ^a,b,c,d   Runeson, Bo ^e   Bolton, James M ^f   Wilcox, Holly C ^b,g   Forman, Julie L ^h   Krogh, Jesper ^a   Katherine Shear, M ⁱ   Nordentoft, Merete ^a,c   Conwell, Yeates ^j  

^a University Mental Health Centre   (Denmark)

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

^c H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ Columbia University College of Physicians and Surg ^*  (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEREAVEMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK HERNIA; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASM; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDER; MORTALITY; PENSION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SEX RATIO; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; SPOUSES; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85018364839     PISSN: 2168622X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2017.0226     Document Type: Article

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