Perceptions about suicide: A qualitative study from southern India

National Medical Journal of India

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 176-179

  Manoranjitham, S ^a   Charles, Helen ^a   Saravanan, B ^a   Jayakaran, R ^a   Abraham, S ^a   Jacob, K S ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERPERSONAL STRESS; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 38449100395     PISSN: 0970258X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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