Psychiatric diagnoses and suicide: Revisiting the evidence

Crisis

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 147-155

  Bertolote, José Manoel ^a,d   Fleischmann, Alexandra ^a,i,k   De Leo, Diego ^b,i,j   Wasserman, Danuta ^c,e,f,g,h  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d SUPRE   (Switzerland)

^e Department of Public Health Sciences

^f Natl Stockholm Co Ctr Suicide R   (Sweden)

^g Intl Assoc for Suicide Prevention   (France)

^h Estonian Swed Suicidological Inst   (Estonia)

ⁱ Intl Assoc for Suicide Prevention ^*

^j Intl Academy for Suicide Research   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

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Author keywords

Mental disorder; Prevention; Public health; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MOOD DISORDER; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EUROPE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NORTH AMERICA; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE;

EID: 9344234384     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.25.4.147     Document Type: Review

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