Ethnicity and adolescent deliberate self-harm

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 513-521

  Goddard, Nick ^a   Subotsky, Fiona ^b   Fombonne, Eric ^b  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CAUCASIAN; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG OVERDOSE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PATIENT REFERRAL; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; STRESS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 0030560598     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jado.1996.0050     Document Type: Article

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