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Lifetime risk of suicide in affective disorders

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

S. Davies
Affiliation:
East Midlands Centre for Forensic Mental Health, Arnold Lodge, Cordelia close, Leicester LE5 0LE
P. C. Naik
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham, Lyndon Clinic, Hobs Meadow, Solihull, West Midlands B92 8PW
A. S. Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham NG7 2UH
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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