Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 109, Issue 2 , Pages 138-147 , February 2010

Prevalence of Suicidal Ideation and Associated Risk Factors in the General Population

  • Jia-In Lee

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Been Lee

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Psychiatry and Social Medicine, National Taiwan University and College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Ming-Been Lee, Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital, 7 Chung Shan South Road, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shih-Cheng Liao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Taiwan Suicide Prevention Center, Department of Health, Chang-Gun Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chia-Ming Chang

      Affiliations

    • Taiwan Suicide Prevention Center, Department of Health, Chang-Gun Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Psychiatry, Chang-Gun Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Suz-Chieh Sung

      Affiliations

    • Taiwan Suicide Prevention Center, Department of Health, Chang-Gun Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hung-Chi Chiang

      Affiliations

    • Taiwan Suicide Prevention Center, Department of Health, Chang-Gun Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Chuan-Wan Tai

      Affiliations

    • Taiwan Suicide Prevention Center, Department of Health, Chang-Gun Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Received 20 August 2009 ,Revised 6 October 2009 ,Accepted 25 October 2009.

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PII: S0929-6646(10)60034-4

doi: 10.1016/S0929-6646(10)60034-4

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Volume 109, Issue 2 , Pages 138-147 , February 2010

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