General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 424-430 , September 2006

Determinants of psychiatric hospitalization after attempted suicide

  • Kirsi Suominen, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Mannerheimintie 166, FIN-00300 Helsinki, Finland
    • Department of Psychiatry, Jorvi Hospital, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Espoo, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, FIN-00300 Helsinki, Finland. Tel.: +358 9 47448213; fax: +358 9 47448478.
    • ,
  • Jouko Lönnqvist, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Mental Health and Alcohol Research, National Public Health Institute, Mannerheimintie 166, FIN-00300 Helsinki, Finland
    • Department of Psychiatry, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

Received 5 November 2005 ,Accepted 20 March 2006.

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PII: S0163-8343(06)00049-1

doi: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2006.03.009

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 28, Issue 5 , Pages 424-430 , September 2006

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