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Suicide in female nurses in England and Wales
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Background. Female nurses appear to have an increased risk of suicide but the reasons are unknown. Method. We have concluded a study of nurse suicides (N= 106) in England and Wales, including a psychological autopsy study (N= 42) and case-control comparison with living nurses (N= 84). Results. Nearly three-quarters of the nurse suicides had previous contact with psychiatric services and almost half had been psychiatric in-patients in the past. There were particularly marked differences betwee...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- 10.1017/S0033291701005165
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Funding
+ Oxford and Anglia, and South-East Region, NHS Executive Research and Development Committees
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Funding agency for:
Simkin, S
+ Oxford and Anglia, and South-East Region, NHS Executive Research and Development Committees; Oxfordshire Mental Healthcare NHS Trust
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Funding agency for:
Hawton, K
Department of Health
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Psychological Medicine Journal website
- Volume:
- 32
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 239-250
- Publication date:
- 2002-02-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1469-8978
- ISSN:
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0033-2917
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- English
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- Local pid:
- ora:1469
- Deposit date:
- 2008-03-14
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- Cambridge University Press
- Copyright date:
- 2002
- Notes:
- Citation: Hawton, K. et al. (2002). 'Suicide in female nurses in England and Wales', Psychological Medicine, 32(2), 239-250. [Available at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=PSM].
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