Attitudes toward suicide among Chinese people in Hong Kong

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 565-575

  Lee, Sing ^a,f   Tsang, Adley ^b   Li, Xian Yun ^c   Phillips, Michael Robert ^d   Kleinman, Arthur ^e  

^a Department of Psychiatry ^*  (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Beijing Suicide Research and Prevention Center   (China)

^d BEIJING HUILONGGUAN HOSPITAL   (China)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHINESE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE;

EID: 36148949697     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2007.37.5.565     Document Type: Article

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