Inception rates of deliberate self-harm among adolescents in West London

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 247-250

  Bhugra, Dinesh ^a   Thompson, Neil ^a   Singh, Jayshree ^a   Fellow Smith, Elizabeth ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTOMUTILATION; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG OVERDOSE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INCIDENCE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0346007974     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764003494002     Document Type: Article

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