Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 87, Issue 1 , Pages 107-113 , July 2005

Suicide in depressive disorders: A retrospective case-control study of 127 suicides

  • Julia M.A. Sinclair

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Suicide Research, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK. Tel.: +44 1865 226452; fax: +44 1865 793101.
  • ,
  • Louise Harriss

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Suicide Research, UK
  • ,
  • David S. Baldwin

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Neuroscience Division, University of Southampton, UK
  • ,
  • Elizabeth A. King

      Affiliations

    • Community Clinical Sciences Division, University of Southampton, UK

Received 6 December 2004 ,Revised 2 March 2005 ,Accepted 4 March 2005.

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PII: S0165-0327(05)00070-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2005.03.001

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 87, Issue 1 , Pages 107-113 , July 2005