Suicidal Risk Following Hospital Discharge: A Review

Harvard Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2019, Pages 209-216

  Forte, Alberto ^a,b   Buscajoni, Andrea ^b   Fiorillo, Andrea ^c   Pompili, Maurizio ^a,b   Baldessarini, Ross J ^a,d  

^a McLean Hospital   (Australia)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

post discharge; psychiatric hospitalization; risk by time; suicide; suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MORTALITY RATE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SUICIDE;

HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 85068987608     PISSN: 10673229     EISSN: 14657309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000222     Document Type: Review

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