In-patient suicide: Selection of people at risk, failure of protection and the possibility of causation

BJPsych Open

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 102-105

  Large, Matthew Michael ^a   Chung, Daniel Thomas ^a   Davidson, Michael ^b   Weiser, Mark ^c,d   Ryan, Christopher James ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Cyprus)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUSALITY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

EID: 85045986456     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20564724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjpo.bp.116.004309     Document Type: Article

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