Self-injurious behavior in a community sample of young women: relationship with childhood abuse and other types of self-damaging behaviors

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 122-131

  Favaro, Angela ^a   Ferrara, Silvia ^a   Santonastaso, Paolo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Clinica Psichiatrica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BODY IMAGE; CHILD ABUSE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG ABUSE; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33846872324     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v68n0117     Document Type: Article

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