Knowledge and attitude towards suicide among medical students in Japan: Preliminary study

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 558-562

  Sato, Ryoko ^a   Kawanishi, Chiaki ^a   Yamada, Tomoki ^b   Hasegawa, Hana ^b   Ikeda, Haruka ^a   Kato, Daiji ^a   Furuno, Taku ^a   Kishida, Ikuko ^a   Hirayasu, Yoshio ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attitude; Medical students; Prevention; Primary care; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUICIDE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUICIDE;

EID: 33748361584     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2006.01558.x     Document Type: Article

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