The association between attitudes toward suicide and suicidal ideation in adolescents

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 195-201

  Stein, D ^a,c   Brom, D ^b   Elizur, A ^a   Witztum, E ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Jerusalem Mental Health Center Ezrath Nashim   (Israel)

^c ABARBANEL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Suicidal ideation; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE; SYMPTOM;

EID: 0031896119     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb09987.x     Document Type: Article

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