Self-injurious behaviors in a college population

Pediatrics

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1939-1948

  Whitlock, Janis ^a,b   Eckenrode, John ^a,b   Silverman, Daniel ^c  

^a Family Life Development Center   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental health; Self injury; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASIAN AMERICAN; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMORBIDITY; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNIVERSITY; ADOLESCENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 33745318551     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2005-2543     Document Type: Article

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