Open AccessSuicide attempts in a Nigerian military setting
Author(s) -
G T Okulate
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
east african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.102
H-Index - 40
ISSN - 0012-835X
DOI - 10.4314/eamj.v78i9.8983
Subject(s) - medicine , psychiatry , suicide prevention , depression (economics) , suicide attempt , poison control , intervention (counseling) , injury prevention , suicide methods , medical emergency , suicide rates , economics , macroeconomics
To describe the characteristics of patients who attempted suicide in a military setting and to examine the differences between the suicide attempters and a group of non-suicide, affective disorder patients.