Suicide ideation among recent immigrants to Israel from the former Soviet Union: An epidemiological survey of prevalence and risk factors

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 376-392

  Ponizovsky, Alexander M ^a,b   Ritsner, Michael S ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHA'AR MENASHE MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARANOIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; USSR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TIME FACTORS; USSR;

EID: 0033398167     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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