Hopelessness and Suicidal Behavior: An Overview

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 234, Issue 11, 1975, Pages 1146-1149

  Beck, Aaron T ^a   Kovacs, Maria ^a   Weissman, Arlene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Philadelphia General Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOMETRY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOPATHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, NON-P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0016854102     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1975.03260240050026     Document Type: Article

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