Prevalence of suicide ideation and suicide attempts in nine countries

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-17

  Weissman, Myrna M ^a   Bland, R C ^b   Canino, G J ^b   Greenwald, S ^b   Hwu, H G ^b   Joyce, P R ^b   Karam, E G ^b   Lee, C K ^b   Lellouch, J ^b   Lepine, J P ^b   Newman, S C ^b   Rubio Stipec, M ^b   Wells, J E ^b   Wickramaratne, P J ^b   Wittchen, H U ^b   Yeh, E K ^b  

^a New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; DIVORCE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; HUMAN; KOREA; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANADA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMANS; KOREA; LEBANON; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032945872     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291798007867     Document Type: Article

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