Recent stressors and family satisfaction in suicidal adolescents in South Africa

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-162

  Pillay, Anthony L ^a   Wassenaar, Douglas R ^b  

^a Midlands Hospital   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 0031127638     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jado.1996.0073     Document Type: Article

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