Prevalence and correlates of suicidal behaviour among adolescents in Southwest Nigeria

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-46

  Omigbodun, Olayinka ^a   Dogra, Nisha ^b   Esan, Oluyomi ^a   Adedokun, Babatunde ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Nigeria; Suicidal behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PREDICTIVE SCALE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSFUNCTIONAL FAMILY; FEMALE; GLOBAL SCHOOL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NIGERIA; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; URBAN AREA; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 37849001167     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764007078360     Document Type: Article

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