Suicide ideation after the 1999 earthquake in Marmara, Turkey

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-24

  Vehid, Hayriye Ertem ^b   Alyanak, Behiye ^a   Eksi, Aysel ^b  

^a BAKIRKOY DR SADI KONUK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Thoughts of suicide; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DESTRUCTION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARTHQUAKE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELATIVE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; NATURAL DISASTERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDE; SURVIVORS; THINKING; TURKEY;

EID: 29144507319     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.208.19     Document Type: Article

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