Self complexity of suicidal adolescents

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 267-273

  Brunstein Klomek, Anat ^a,b   Orbach, Israel ^a   Meged, Sorin ^c,e   Zalsman, Gil ^b,d,e  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

^c ABARBANEL MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^d GEHA MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Israel; Object relations; Self; Self complexity; Suicide; Suicide attempts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MALE; SAMPLE SIZE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 26444481607     PISSN: 03340139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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