Suicidal risk and affective temperaments, evaluated with the TEMPS-A scale: A systematic review

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 8-18

  Vázquez, Gustavo H ^a,b,c   Gonda, Xenia MA ^d,e   Lolich, María ^a,f   Tondo, Leonardo ^c,g,h   Baldessarini, Ross J ^c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Argentina)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Hungary)

^f Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h Lucio Bini Mood Disorders Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Affective; Bipolar disorder; Suicide; Temperaments; TEMPS A

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEMPERAMENT; TEMPERAMENT EVALUATION OF MEMPHIS, PISA, PARIS AND SAN DIEGO; BIPOLAR DISORDER; META ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; HUMANS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 85047790482     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000153     Document Type: Review

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