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A 10-year retrospective study of inpatient adolescents with schizophrenia/schizoaffective disorder and substance use.

scientific article published on 30 June 2006

A comparison of the medical lethality of suicide attempts in bipolar and major depressive disorders

scientific article published in October 2006

A longer biological night in long sleepers than in short sleepers

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A model of suicidal behavior in war veterans with posttraumatic mood disorder

scientific article published on 26 March 2009

A prospective study of the association of cerebrospinal fluid monoamine metabolite levels with lethality of suicide attempts in patients with bipolar disorder

scientific article published in October 2006

Adolescent suicide and testosterone

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Adolescent suicide as a global public health issue

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Adolescent suicide in New York City: plenty of room for new research

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Age effects on cortisol levels in depressed patients with and without comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder, and healthy volunteers

scientific article published in October 2004

Aggression, suicidal behavior, and the concept of post-traumatic mood disorder

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Agomelatine, a novel intriguing antidepressant option enhancing neuroplasticity: a critical review

scientific article published on 26 March 2013

Alcohol and adolescent suicide

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Alcohol and drug use among adolescents: an educational overview

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Alcohol and suicide: neurobiological and clinical aspects

scientific article published on 21 June 2006

Alcohol consumption and later risk of hospitalization with psychiatric disorders: prospective cohort study

scientific article published on 13 December 2010

Alcohol consumption and risk of dementia

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Alcohol use and suicide rates

scientific article published on 24 August 2005

Alcohol use disorders increase the risk of completed suicide--irrespective of other psychiatric disorders. A longitudinal cohort study

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Alcohol, testosterone and suicide

scientific article published on 24 February 2014

Alcohol-related problems in adolescents and young adults admitted to psychiatric emergency rooms.

scientific article published in January 2007

Alcoholism and seasonal affective disorder

scientific article published on January 2004

Alcoholism, anxiety, and opioid-dopaminergic interactions

scientific article published on 12 November 2002

Alcoholism, depression and obesity

scientific article published in January 2004

Alcoholism, violence, and CSF HVA. Cerebrospinal fluid homovanillic acid.

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Are BPI and BPII suicide attempters distinct neuropsychologically?

scientific article published on 5 June 2006

Are Suicide Rates Related to the Psychiatrist Density? A Cross-National Study

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Are high-lethality suicide attempters with bipolar disorder a distinct phenotype?

scientific article published on January 2009

Association of testosterone levels and future suicide attempts in females with bipolar disorder

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Behavioural therapy for the treatment of alcohol abuse and dependence

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Biological factors and adolescent alcohol use.

scientific article published in May 2003

Bipolar disorder, testosterone administration, and homicide: a case report

scientific article published on 16 March 2014

Brain stimulation in posttraumatic stress disorder ⬇️

scientific article published on October 17, 2011

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and suicidal behavior in adolescents ⬇️

scientific article published on August 7, 2011

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor and suicidal behavior in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder

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Brief psychotic disorder and suicidal behavior

scientific article published on 3 February 2015

Bright light, serotonin turnover, and psychological well-being

scientific article published in August 2003

Bullying, psychiatric pathology and suicidal behavior

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Buprenorphine in the treatment of non-suicidal self-injury: a case series and discussion of the literature

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CSF monoamine metabolites and lethality of suicide attempts in depressed patients with alcohol dependence

scientific article published on 08 June 2006

Can cannabis increase the suicide risk in psychosis? A critical review

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Centuries ago scholars had knowledge about inheritance of psychiatric disorders and behavioral traits

scientific article published in August 2002

Child sexual abuse and the pathophysiology of suicide in adolescents and adults

scientific article published on January 2013

Children's Depression Inventory (CDI) and the Children's Depression Rating Scale-Revised (CDRS-R): reliability of the Hebrew version

scientific article published in July 2005

Clinical characteristics of inpatient adolescents with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder

scientific article published in January 2006

Clinical features and psychiatric comorbidities of borderline personality disorder patients with versus without a history of suicide attempt

scientific article published on 2 October 2016

Clinical predictors of suicidal acts after major depression in bipolar disorder: a prospective study

scientific article published on October 2006

Cognitive effects of quetiapine in a patient with dementia with Lewy bodies

scientific article published in March 2013

Combined dexamethasone suppression-corticotrophin-releasing hormone stimulation test in medication-free major depression and healthy volunteers

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Combined dexamethasone suppression-corticotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test in studies of depression, alcoholism, and suicidal behavior.

scientific article published on 31 October 2006

Combined dexamethasone suppression/corticotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test and antidepressants: different antidepressants may produce different effects

scientific article published on 15 March 2006

Commentary: Adverse Childhood Experiences and Risk for Suicidal Behavior in Male Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Seeking PTSD Treatment

scientific article published on 10 April 2017

Commentary: CSF and Plasma Testosterone in Attempted Suicide

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Commentary: Exogenous Testosterone Rapidly Increases Aggressive Behavior in Dominant and Impulsive Men.

scientific article published on 12 October 2016

Commentary: Help-Seeking Patterns and Attitudes to Treatment amongst Men Who Attempted Suicide

scientific article published on 10 May 2016

Commentary: Police and Suicide Prevention

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Commentary: Vitamin D Deficiency Associated with Cognitive Functioning in Psychotic Disorders

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Comorbidity and temporal ordering of alcohol use disorders and other psychiatric disorders: results from a Danish register-based study

scientific article published on 21 November 2008

Correlates of suicide attempt history in bipolar disorder: a stress-diathesis perspective

scientific article published in October 2006

Cortisol and recurrent depressive episodes

scientific article published in May 2004

Cortisol response to cosyntropin administration in military veterans with or without posttraumatic stress disorder

scientific article published on 9 November 2013

Cosmetic breast implants and suicide

scientific article published in August 2004

Cyclothymic-depressive-anxious temperament pattern is related to suicide risk in 346 patients with major mood disorders

scientific article published on 16 December 2011

Daily hassles, cortisol, and depression

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Daily hassles, cortisol, and the pathogenesis of depression

scientific article published in January 2004

Dating violence and suicidal behavior in adolescents

scientific article published on January 2013

Decreased suicidal ideation in depressed patients with or without comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors: An open study ⬇️

scientific article published on March 6, 2012

Demographic and clinical features of adolescents and young adults with alcohol-related disorders admitted to the psychiatric emergency room

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Depressed Multiple-Suicide-Attempters - A High-Risk Phenotype

scientific article published on 15 September 2017

Depressed patients with co-occurring alcohol use disorders: a unique patient population

scientific article published in June 2008

Depression and a history of alcoholism

scientific article published on 01 January 2004

Developmental alcohol exposure, circadian rhythms, and mood disorders

scientific article published in July 2003

Differences in Physicians' and Nurses' Recent Suicide Attempts: An Exploratory Study

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Do sleep abnormalities related to disruption of synaptic homeostasis contribute to the pathophysiology of post-traumatic mood disorder and suicidal behavior?

scientific article published in October 2008

Do testosterone and brain-derived neurotrophic factor interactions play a role in the pathophysiology of suicidal behavior?

scientific article published on 16 September 2013

Does first episode polarity predict risk for suicide attempt in bipolar disorder?

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Does the physician density affect suicide rates among adolescents and young adults?

scientific article published in January 2013

Dopamine and the pathophysiology of suicidal behavior in alcoholism

scientific article published in January 2006

Dual Disorders and Suicide

scientific article published on 11 April 2016

Early onset of action and sleep-improving effect are crucial in decreasing suicide risk: the role of quetiapine XR in the treatment of unipolar and bipolar depression

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Ecstasy use and serotonin syndrome: a neglected danger to adolescents and young adults prescribed selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors

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Educating health care professionals about suicide prevention ⬇️

scientific article published on January 5, 2012

Educating health care trainees and professionals about suicide prevention in depressed adolescents

scientific article published on January 2013

Educating medical professionals about suicide prevention among military veterans

scientific article published on January 2013

Education of health professionals about adolescent psychiatry

scientific article published in January 2013

Effect of acute alcohol use on the lethality of suicide attempts in patients with mood disorders

scientific article published on 25 February 2009

Effective clinical innovation.

scientific article published in November 2002

Effects of heavy alcohol consumption on the cardiovascular system may be mediated in part by the influence of alcohol-induced depression on the immune system

scientific article published in May 2003

Effects of selenium status on mood and behaviour: role of thyroid hormones

scientific article published in August 2002

Epidemiology of suicide in bipolar disorders: a systematic review of the literature

scientific article published on 12 June 2013

Ethnicity and the relationship between adolescent alcohol use and suicidal behavior

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Etiology, pathogenesis, and treatment of seasonal and non-seasonal mood disorders: possible role of circadian rhythm abnormalities related to developmental alcohol exposure

scientific article published in January 2004

Etiopathogenesis of depression in patients with alcoholism: role of changes in thyroid function

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Family history of suicidal behavior and early traumatic experiences: additive effect on suicidality and course of bipolar illness?

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Family-based association study of 5-HT(2A) receptor T102C polymorphism and suicidal behavior in Ashkenazi inpatient adolescents.

scientific article published in July 2005

Forensic psychiatric evaluations: an overview of methods, ethical issues, and criminal and civil assessments

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Functional magnetic resonance imaging in studies of neurocognitive effects of alcohol use on adolescents and young adults

scientific article published on January 2006

Functional magnetic resonance imaging in studies of the neurobiology of suicidal behavior in adolescents with alcohol use disorders

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Future Directions Concerning the Impact of Childhood and Adolescent Adversities in the Field of Men's Mental Health: The New York Declaration

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Future Research and Clinical Directions in the Field of Men's Mental Health: The Madrid Declaration

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Gender Differences in Demographic and Clinical Features of Physicians Admitted to a Program for Medical Professionals with Mental Disorders

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Gender differences in suicidal behavior and alcohol abuse in adolescents.

scientific article published in July 2005

Gender differences in the clinical characteristics and psychiatric comorbidity in patients with antisocial personality disorder

scientific article published on 12 August 2015

Genetics of seasonal affective disorder

scientific article published in March 2002

Guidelines for the pharmacological treatment of anxiety disorders, obsessive–compulsive disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder in primary care ⬇️

scientific article published on April 30, 2012

High and low testosterone levels may be associated with suicidal behavior in young and older men, respectively ⬇️

scientific article published on October 9, 2012

Higher cerebrospinal fluid homovanillic acid levels in depressed patients with comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder

scientific article published in March 2005

Higher cortisol levels in spring and fall in patients with major depression

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How does subjective experience of pain relate to psychopathology among psychiatric patients?

scientific article published on 15 May 2012

Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunction as a neurobiological correlate of emotion dysregulation in adolescent suicide

scientific article published on 12 August 2012

Immigration, mental health and suicidal behavior

scientific article published on 16 February 2010

Impact of living with bipolar patients: Making sense of caregivers' burden

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Impulsivity: current and future trends in pharmacological treatment

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Intercountry adoption, climate, and psychiatric disorders

scientific article published in December 2002

Is disturbed sleep a clinically useful marker to determine the suicide risk in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder?

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Is impulsivity a link between childhood abuse and suicide?

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Is it Possible to Predict Suicide? ⬇️

scientific article published on February 9, 2011

Is there circannual variation of human platelet 5-HT(2A) binding in depression?

scientific article published in September 2002

Life events, cortisol, and depression

scientific article published in September 2003

Lithium levels in the public drinking water supply and risk of suicide: A pilot study

scientific article published on 24 March 2017

Low testosterone in a young combat veteran with dual diagnosis and suicidal behavior: a case study

scientific article published in January 2015

Low testosterone levels may be associated with suicidal behavior in older men while high testosterone levels may be related to suicidal behavior in adolescents and young adults: a hypothesis

scientific article published on January 2013

Lower CSF homovanillic acid levels in depressed patients with a history of alcoholism

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Lower cerebrospinal fluid homovanillic acid levels in depressed suicide attempters

scientific article published on 28 November 2005

Major depressive disorder and a past history of alcoholism

scientific article published in December 2003

Men's mental health and suicide

scientific article published in September 2014

Mental health of the male adolescent and young man: the Copenhagen statement

scientific article published on 20 April 2018

Military sexual trauma as a determinant in the development of mental and physical illness in male and female veterans

scientific article published in January 2013

Modified dexamethasone suppression-corticotropin-releasing hormone stimulation test: A pilot study of young healthy volunteers and implications for alcoholism research in adolescents and young adults

scientific article published in January 2006

Moral objections to suicide and suicidal ideation among mood disordered Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics

scientific article published on 21 May 2008

Mortality among individuals with cannabis, cocaine, amphetamine, MDMA, and opioid use disorders: A nationwide follow-up study of Danish substance users in treatment ⬇️

scientific article published on October 25, 2010

Mortality following treatment for cannabis use disorders: Predictors and causes ⬇️

scientific article published on November 2, 2012

Narcissistic personality disorder and suicide

scientific article published in September 2016

Neurobiology of suicidal behavior in post-traumatic stress disorder

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New studies support the concept of post-traumatic mood disorder.

scientific article published on 14 February 2008

Non-suicidal self-injurious behavior, endogenous opioids and monoamine neurotransmitters

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Objections to suicide among depressed patients with alcohol use disorders

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PS278. Association of testosterone levels and future suicide attempts in women with bipolar disorder: A prospective study.

scientific article published on 27 May 2016

Parental alcoholism predicts suicidal behavior in adolescents and young adults with cannabis dependence

scientific article published in January 2007

Parental alienation and suicide in men.

scientific article published in September 2015

Parental alienation: the impact on men's mental health

scientific article published on 13 November 2015

Partial androgen deficiency, depression, and testosterone supplementation in aging men.

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Patients with seasonal affective disorder have lower odor detection thresholds than control subjects

scientific article published in December 2002

Perceived reasons for living at index hospitalization and future suicide attempt

scientific article published on May 2007

Placebo and Psychiatric Disorders ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2003

Plane-Assisted Suicide

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Plasma serotonin levels and suicidal behavior in adolescents

scientific article published in August 2005

Portrayal of violent male psychiatric patients by entertainment media and the stigma of psychiatric illness

scientific article published on 31 March 2015

Positron emission tomography study of regional brain metabolic responses to a serotonergic challenge in major depressive disorder with and without comorbid lifetime alcohol dependence

scientific article published on 02 May 2007

Post-industrialized societies and impulsivity

scientific article published on 21 August 2010

Post-traumatic stress disorder, associated medical illnesses, and suicidal behavior: Plenty of room for new research ⬇️

scientific article published on May 18, 2012

Post-traumatic stress disorder: the importance of recognition

scientific article published on 01 January 2004

Posttraumatic mood disorder: a new concept

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Posttraumatic stress disorder and suicide risk among veterans: a literature review

scientific article published on September 2013

Posttraumatic stress disorder in war veterans: a discussion of the Neuroevolutionary Time-depth Principle

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Posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and suicide in veterans ⬇️

scientific article published on February 1, 2012

Prenatal alcohol exposure, circadian rhythm, and serotonin

scientific article published in January 2004

Preventing plane-assisted suicides through the lessons of research on homicide and suicide-homicide

scientific article published on 23 December 2015

Preventing suicide among returning combat veterans: a moral imperative

scientific article published in June 2011

Preventing suicide in adolescents with alcohol use disorders.

scientific article published on January 2007

Preventing suicide in post-traumatic stress disorder.

scientific article published in July 2009

Prevention and management of depression and suicidal behavior in men with prostate cancer

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Prevention of homicidal behaviour in men with psychiatric disorders

scientific article published on 26 April 2015

Prevention of suicidal behavior in adolescents with post-traumatic stress disorder

scientific article published on January 2013

Prevention of the serotonin reuptake inhibitor discontinuation syndrome

scientific article published in July 2002

Prolactin and thyroid hormone levels are associated with suicide attempts in psychiatric patients

scientific article published on 28 June 2012

Prolactin response to fenfluramine administration in patients with unipolar and bipolar depression and healthy controls

scientific article published in May 2003

Psychiatric pathology and suicide risk in patients with cancer

scientific article published in January 2014

Psychological autopsy studies: Past, present, and future ⬇️

scientific article published on February 14, 2013

Relation between rates of geriatric suicide and consumption of alcohol beverages in European countries.

scientific article published on 27 March 2006

Relation between rates of suicide in 15-24-year-olds and per capita consumption of alcohol beverages in European countries.

scientific article published in July 2005

Relationships between seasonality and alcohol use: a genetic hypothesis

scientific article published in July 2002

Risk and protective factors for suicide in patients with alcoholism.

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Role of selenium depletion in the effects of dialysis on mood and behavior

scientific article published in July 2002

Role of selenium depletion in the etiopathogenesis of depression in patients with alcoholism [corrected].

scientific article published on September 2002

SSRIs have a smaller benefit in paediatric when compared to adult major depressive disorder

scientific article published on 4 January 2016

Secondary prevention of suicide

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Selenium, thyroid hormones, mood, and behaviour

scientific article published in April 2002

Serotonergic responses in depressed patients with or without a history of alcohol use disorders and healthy controls

scientific article published on 30 June 2008

Serotonin and suicidal behavior in patients with comorbid depression and alcoholism

scientific article published in March 2006

Short exposure to light treatment improves depression scores in patients with seasonal affective disorder: A brief report

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Sleep disturbances, synaptic homeostasis and suicidal behaviour

scientific article published in December 2008

Sleep, psychiatric disorders and suicide ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2013

Sociodemographic and clinical differences between suicide ideators and attempters: a study of mood disordered patients 50 years and older.

scientific article published on 12 August 2013

Substance use, suicidality, and adolescent-onset schizophrenia: an Israeli 10-year retrospective study

scientific article published in December 2006

Suicidal Behavior and Neurological Illnesses

scientific article published on April 2013

Suicidal behavior and alcohol abuse

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Suicidal behavior and seasonality

scientific article published on 01 January 2002

Suicidal behavior in Indian adolescents

scientific article published in January 2013

Suicidal behavior in a medical professional with comorbid depression and substance use disorder: an educational case report

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Suicidal behavior in military veterans and health care professionals

scientific article published on 23 December 2013

Suicidal behavior in war veterans ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 2012

Suicide and alcoholism

scientific article published in January 2005

Suicide attempts in major depressed patients with personality disorder

scientific article published on 19 October 2013

Suicide in men.

scientific article published on March 2015

Suicide in war veterans: the role of comorbidity of PTSD and depression

scientific article published in July 2009

Suicide medical malpractice: an educational overview

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Sunshine and suicide: bright light may lead to serotonin-driven behavioural activation without improvement in depressive cognitive deficits

scientific article published on 10 January 2006

Teaching medical professionals and trainees about adolescent suicide prevention: five key problems

scientific article published on January 2012

Testing the self-medication hypothesis of depression and aggression in cannabis-dependent subjects

scientific article published on 4 January 2007

Testosterone and suicidal behavior ⬇️

scientific article published on March 1, 2012

Testosterone levels in suicide attempters with bipolar disorder ⬇️

scientific article published on July 31, 2012

The concept of post-traumatic mood disorder

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The constitutionality of random drug and alcohol testing of students in secondary schools

scientific article published in January 2006

The impact of periventricular white matter lesions in patients with bipolar disorder type I.

scientific article published on 10 January 2014

The link between alcohol abuse and suicide: possible role of selenium deficiency

scientific article published on 5 November 2007

The number of previous depressive episodes is positively associated with cortisol response to fenfluramine administration

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The relationship between the frequency of alcohol use and suicide rates in young people.

scientific article published in January 2006

The relationship of aggression to suicidal behavior in depressed patients with a history of alcoholism

scientific article published on 29 December 2004

The role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the pathophysiology of adolescent suicidal behavior

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The role of endogenous opioids in the pathophysiology of self-injurious and suicidal behavior

scientific article published on January 2008

The role of microRNAs in synaptic plasticity, major affective disorders and suicidal behavior

scientific article published on 12 April 2012

The role of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysfunction in the pathophysiology of alcohol misuse and suicidal behavior in adolescents

scientific article published on January 2007

The role of the pediatrician in preventing suicide in adolescents with alcohol use disorders

scientific article published on January 2007

The serotonin transporter gene and alcoholism: the two pathways to suicidal behavior

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The underexamined association between posttraumatic stress disorder, medical illness and suicidal behavior

scientific article published on January 2013

Towards a model of suicidal behavior among physicians ⬇️

scientific article published on June 1, 2011

Transcranial magnetic stimulation and the treatment of suicidality ⬇️

scientific article published on December 1, 2010

Treatment of depressed bipolar patients with alcohol use disorders: plenty of room for improvement

scientific article published on 29 October 2008

Treatment of suicide attempters with bipolar disorder: a randomized clinical trial comparing lithium and valproate in the prevention of suicidal behavior

scientific article published on 18 July 2011

Tryptophan depletion and alcoholism research

scientific article published in March 2006

Type D personality, cortisol and cardiac disease

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Type D personality, stress, and cortisol

scientific article published in August 2004

Understanding the Role of Psychiatric Principles in Patient Care: An Important Goal of the Medical Student Clerkship in Psychiatry

scientific article published on 29 February 2016

Weather, climate, and suicidality

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Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome and alcohol-induced persistent dementia.

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What should we tell medical students and residents about euthanasia and assisted suicide? ⬇️

scientific article published on February 1, 2012

Withdrawal symptoms do not predict relapse among subjects treated for cannabis dependence

scientific article published in November 2007

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