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The male–female suicide ratio in Denmark plateaus at 2.7: an opportunity for targeted intervention?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2023

Søren Dinesen Østergaard Open the ORCID record for Søren Dinesen Østergaard [Opens in a new window]
Søren Dinesen Østergaard*
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark Department of Affective Disorders, Aarhus University Hospital – Psychiatry, Aarhus, Denmark
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Author for correspondence: Søren Dinesen Østergaard, Email: soeoes@rm.dk
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Keywords

suicidedepressive disordermalesubstance-related disordersaggression
Type
Research Letter
Information
Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 35 , Issue 1 , February 2023 , pp. 61 - 62
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Scandinavian College of Neuropsychopharmacology

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