Strategies to prevent death by suicide: Meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 210, Issue 6, 2017, Pages 396-402

  Riblet, Natalie B V ^a,b,c   Shiner, Brian ^a,b,c   Young Xu, Yinong ^a,b   Watts, Bradley V ^a,b  

^a VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY AND CLINICAL PRACTICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; DEATH; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SUICIDE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85020061210     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.116.187799     Document Type: Review

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