Gender differences in medically serious suicide attempts: A study from South India

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-86

  Sudhir Kumar, C T ^a   Mohan, Rajesh ^b   Ranjith, Gopinath ^c   Chandrasekaran, R ^d  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Depression; Lethality; Rural; Stress; Suicide intent; Urban

Indexed keywords

ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PLANT TOXIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIA; LETHALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MONTGOMERY ASBERG DEPRESSION RATING SCALE; PRESUMPTIVE STRESSFUL LIFE EVENTS SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRESS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SUICIDE INTENT SCALE; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INDIA; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33748446234     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2005.11.012     Document Type: Article

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