Are early-life antecedents of suicide mortality associated with psychiatric disorders and suicidal ideation in midlife?

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 116-124

  Geoffroy, M C ^a   Gunnell, D ^b   Clark, C ^c   Power, C ^d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

epidemiology; psychopathology; risk factors; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; BIRTH ORDER; COHORT ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES; ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY DISORDERS; BIRTH ORDER; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85038851745     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12844     Document Type: Article

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