The Suicidal Patient

Massachusetts General Hospital Comprehensive Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 733-745

  Brendel, Rebecca W ^a,b   Lagomasino, Isabel T ^c,d   Perlis, Roy H ^a,b   Stern, Theodore A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-323-04743-2.50055-X     Document Type: Chapter

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