Death concepts in suicidal adolescents

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1279-1286

  Gothelf, Doron ^a   Apter, Alan ^a,d   Brand Gothelf, Ayelet ^b   Offer, Noa ^a   Ofek, Hadas ^a   Tyano, Sam ^a   Pfeffer, Cynthia R ^c  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHALVATA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Affects; Death concept; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEATH; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; THINKING;

EID: 0031740784     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199812000-00011     Document Type: Article

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