Repeat suicide attempts in Hong Kong community adolescents

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 232-241

  Wong, Joy P S ^a   Stewart, Sunita M ^b   Claassen, Cindy ^b   Lee, Peter W H ^a   Rao, Uma ^b   Lam, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Crescendo model; Hong Kong; Repeat suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CRESCENDO MODEL; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 36849027116     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.08.031     Document Type: Article

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