Negative life events in childhood, psychological problems and suicide attempts in adulthood: A matched case-control study

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 291-308

  Dieserud, Gudrun ^a   Forsén, Lisa ^a   Braverman, Marc T ^b   Røysamb, Espen ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol problems; Depression; Family dysfunction; Sself esteem; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037003543     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110214525     Document Type: Article

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