The relationship of suicide attempt history with childhood abuse and neglect, alexithymia and temperament and character dimensions of personality in substance dependents

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 263-269

  Evren, Cuneyt ^a   Evren, Bilge ^b  

^a Department of Psychiatry   (Turkey)

^b Baltalimani State Hospital for Muskuloskeletal Disorders   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alexithymia; Character; Childhood abuse; Substance abuse; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALEXITHYMIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHARACTER; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD NEGLECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; EDUCATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONALITY; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF TRANSCENDENCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TEMPERAMENT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; CHARACTER; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMANS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 33747620068     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480600790051     Document Type: Article

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