Suicidal patients in a psychiatric emergency unit: clinical characteristics and aggression profile

Abstract Objective To explore and describe a profile of patients admitted to a psychiatric emergency facility, comparing patients with and without a recent suicide attempt in terms of their clinical characteristics and aggression. Methods This was an exploratory comparative study where patients...

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Main Authors: Vítor Crestani Calegaro, Cleonice Zatti, Andre Goettems Bastos, Lucia Helena Machado Freitas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação de Psiquiatria do Rio Grande do Sul 2018-08-01
Series:Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2237-60892018005004106&lng=en&tlng=en