Young people who self-harm

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 191, Issue JULY, 2007, Pages 44-49

  Young, Robert ^a   Van Beinum, Michael ^a   Sweeting, Helen ^a   West, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB MARKET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SCOTLAND; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 34447122103     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.106.034330     Document Type: Article

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