Suicide attempts and emergency room psychiatric consultation
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Suicide attempts and emergency room psychiatric consultation
BACKGROUND Suicidal behaviours are major public health concerns worldwide. They are associated with risk factors that vary with age and gender, occur in combination, and may change over time. The aim of our study was to investigate how frequently patients visiting a hospital emergency room (ER) require a psychiatric consultation for attempted suicide, and to outline the characteristics of this ...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Psychiatry
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1471-244X
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-015-0392-2