Deliberate self-harm in a nonclinical population: Prevalence and psychological correlates

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 160, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1501-1508

  Klonsky, E David ^a   Oltmanns, Thomas F ^a   Turkheimer, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PERSONALITY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SOLDIER; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTOMUTILATION; COMORBIDITY; HUMAN RELATION; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0042381504     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.8.1501     Document Type: Article

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