The Epidemiology of Suicide Attempts, 1960 to 1971

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1974, Pages 737-746

  Weissman, Myrna M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHILD; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HYSTERIA; INDIA; ISRAEL; MALE; MIGRATION; PERSONALITY; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FATALITY; SEX; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; FIRST AID; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHY; INTOXICATION; MARRIAGE; PREVENTION; REVIEW; SELF DESTRUCTION; STATISTICS; THERAPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENGLAND; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; HYSTERIA; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; ISRAEL; MALE; PERSONALITY; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; SCOTLAND; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT;

EID: 0016137655     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.1974.01760120003001     Document Type: Article

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