Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 24-26 , January 2008

The importance of the frequency of suicide attempts as a risk factor of suicide

  • Ken Inoue, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu 514-8507, Japan
    • Warakukai Incorporated Medical Institution, Nagoya 453-0015, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Department of Psychiatry, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu 514-8507, Japan. Tel.: +81 59 231 5018; fax: +81 59 231 5208.
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  • Hisashi Tanii, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu 514-8507, Japan
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  • Tatsushige Fukunaga, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Tokyo Medical Examiner’s Office, Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Tokyo 112-0012, Japan
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  • Shuntaro Abe, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo 105-8461, Japan
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  • Fusae Nishimura, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hygiene, Kanazawa University School of Medicine and Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan
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  • Yukiko Kimura, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hygiene, Kanazawa University School of Medicine and Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan
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  • Yukika Nishimura, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu 514-8507, Japan
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  • Atsushi Nishida, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu 514-8507, Japan
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  • Naomi Kajiki, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu 514-8507, Japan
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  • Junsuke Tawara, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu 514-8507, Japan
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  • Hiroyuki Ikemura, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu 514-8507, Japan
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  • Masakazu Hanagama, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu 514-8507, Japan
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  • Koutaro Shinone, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu 514-8507, Japan
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  • Chika Yokoyama, MA

      Affiliations

    • Warakukai Incorporated Medical Institution, Nagoya 453-0015, Japan
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  • Hisanobu Kaiya, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Warakukai Incorporated Medical Institution, Nagoya 453-0015, Japan
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  • Masayuki Nata, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Forensic Medicine and Sciences, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu 514-8507, Japan
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  • Yuji Okazaki, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu 514-8507, Japan
    • Tokyo Metropolitan Matsuzawa Hospital, Tokyo 156-0057, Japan

Received 24 January 2006 ,Revised 3 October 2006 ,Accepted 24 October 2006.

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PII: S1353-1131(06)00216-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jcfm.2006.10.003

Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine
Volume 15, Issue 1 , Pages 24-26 , January 2008

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