Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Pages 125-129 , February 2012

Suicide attempts are associated with worse quality of life in patients with bipolar disorder type I

  • Lena Nabuco de Abreu

      Affiliations

    • Bipolar Disorder Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, University Sao Paulo, Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +55 11 30697928; fax: +55 11 30697928.
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  • Fabiano G. Nery

      Affiliations

    • Bipolar Disorder Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, University Sao Paulo, Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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  • Jill M. Harkavy-Friedman

      Affiliations

    • Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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  • Karla Matias de Almeida

      Affiliations

    • Bipolar Disorder Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, University Sao Paulo, Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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  • Bernardo Carramao Gomes

      Affiliations

    • Bipolar Disorder Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, University Sao Paulo, Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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  • Maria A. Oquendo

      Affiliations

    • Molecular Imaging and Neuropathology Division, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA
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  • Beny Lafer

      Affiliations

    • Bipolar Disorder Research Program, Department of Psychiatry, University Sao Paulo, Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2011.03.003

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 53, Issue 2 , Pages 125-129 , February 2012

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