Are some motives more linked to suicide proneness than others?

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 569-576

  Holden, Ronald R ^a   Kerr, Paula S ^a   Mendonca, James D ^b   Velamoor, V R ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b St Thomas Psychiatric Hospital   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; DECEPTION; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SUICIDE;

EID: 0031814586     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4679(199808)54:5<569::AID-JCLP2>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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