Contagion of deliberate self-harm among adolescent inpatients

Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 211-217

  Taiminen, Tero J ^a   Kallio Soukainen, Kristiina ^b   Nokso Koivisto, Hannele ^b   Kaljonen, Anne ^b   Helenius, Hans ^b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Adolescents; Contagion; Deliberate self harm; Self mutilation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BORDERLINE STATE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MANIC DEPRESSIVE PSYCHOSIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 0031933752     PISSN: 08908567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004583-199802000-00014     Document Type: Article

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