Understanding adolescent suicide: A psychosocial interpretation of developmental and contextual factors

Adolescence

Volumn 37, Issue 148, 2002, Pages 804-814

  Portes, Pedro R ^a   Sandhu, Daya S ^b   Longwell Grice, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FIREARM; HUMAN; IDENTITY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; FIREARMS; HUMANS; IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 0038137021     PISSN: 00018449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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