Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 91, Issue 1 , Pages 77-81 , March 2006

Characteristics of high intent suicide attempters admitted to a general hospital

  • C.T. Sudhir Kumar

      Affiliations

    • Specialist Registrar, The Maudsley Hospital, Denmark Hill, London SE5 8AZ, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 7929135662; fax: +44 2079192113.
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  • R. Mohan

      Affiliations

    • Section of Cultural Psychiatry, PO 25, Institute of Psychiatry, London SE5 8AF, UK
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  • G. Ranjith

      Affiliations

    • St. Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK
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  • R. Chandrasekaran

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, JIPMER, Pondicherry, India 605006, UK

Received 10 June 2005 ,Revised 13 December 2005 ,Accepted 14 December 2005.

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PII: S0165-0327(05)00415-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2005.12.028

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 91, Issue 1 , Pages 77-81 , March 2006

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