Psychological factors in deliberate self-harm as seen in an urban African population in Uganda: A case-control study

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 468-477

  Kinyanda, Eugene ^a,c   Hjelmeland, Heidi ^a   Musisi, Seggane ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b MULAGO NATIONAL REFERRAL HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^c Mulago National Referral Hospital ^*  (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HELPLESSNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 23944443745     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 03630234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2005.35.4.468     Document Type: Article

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