Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 6 , Pages 442-447 , November 2003

Life satisfaction and suicidal attempts among persons with schizophrenia

  • Alexander M Ponizovsky

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Alexander Ponizovsky, M.D., Ph.D., Mental Health Services, Ministry of Health, 2 Ben Tabai St, Jerusalem 93591, Israel
    • Sha’ar Menashe Mental Health Center, Hadera, Israel
    • Mental Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Alexander Grinshpoon

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Itzhak Levav

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Services, Ministry of Health, Jerusalem, Israel
    • ,
  • Michael S Ritsner

      Affiliations

    • Sha’ar Menashe Mental Health Center, Hadera, Israel
    • Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel

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☆ Supported in part by the Ministry of Absorption (A.M.P.).

PII: S0010-440X(03)00146-9

doi: 10.1016/S0010-440X(03)00146-9

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 44, Issue 6 , Pages 442-447 , November 2003

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