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Workplace violence inflicted by patients or their family members/visitors and its relationship with suicidal ideation among undergraduate medical students during clinical training in China

Xin Wanga Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaView further author information
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Pu Penga Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaView further author information
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Yueheng Liua Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaView further author information
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Winson Fuzun Yangb Department of Psychological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USAView further author information
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Shubao Chena Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaView further author information
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Yunfei Wanga Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaView further author information
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Qian Yanga Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaView further author information
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Manyun Lia Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaView further author information
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Yingying Wangc School of Physical Education and Health, Hunan University of Technology and Business, Changsha, ChinaView further author information
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Yuzhu Haoa Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaView further author information
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Li Hea Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaView further author information
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Qianjin Wanga Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaView further author information
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Junhong Zhanga Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaView further author information
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Yuejiao Maa Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaView further author information
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Haoyu Hed Department of Psychology, College of Education, Hunan First Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaView further author information
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Yanan Zhoua Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China;e Department of Psychiatry, Hunan Brain Hospital (Hunan Second People’s Hospital), Changsha, Hunan, ChinaView further author information
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Jiang Longf Shanghai Mental Health Center, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, ChinaView further author information
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Chang Qig Department of Psychiatry, Zhejiang Provincial People’s Hospital, People’s Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, ChinaView further author information
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Yi-Yuan Tangh College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USAView further author information
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Yanhui Liaoi Department of Psychiatry, Sir Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, ChinaView further author information
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Jinsong Tangi Department of Psychiatry, Sir Run Shaw Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, ChinaView further author information
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Qiuxia Wua Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Tieqiao Liua Department of Psychiatry, National Clinical Research Center for Mental Disorders, and National Center for Mental Disorders, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Article: 2295027 | Received 14 Sep 2022, Accepted 10 Dec 2023, Published online: 26 Dec 2023

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