The gender gap in suicide and premature death or: Why are men so vulnerable?

European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-8

  Möller Leimkühler, Anne Maria ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coping social change; Gender; Masculinity; Premature death; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL ABUSE; COPING BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; MASCULINITY; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PREMATURE DEATH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOLOGY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADDICTION; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; HEALTH SERVICE; INCIDENCE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CORONARY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MORTALITY; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE;

EID: 17144453277     PISSN: 09401334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-003-0397-6     Document Type: Review

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