Why do people self-harm?

Psychology, Health and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 72-79

  Warm, Anna ^a   Murray, C ^a   Fox, J ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLING; TRAINING;

EID: 0037324885     PISSN: 13548506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1354850021000059278     Document Type: Article

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