Non-fatal suicidal behavior among South Africans

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 454-461

  Joe, Sean ^a   Stein, Dan J ^b   Seedat, Soraya ^c   Herman, Allen ^d   Williams, David R ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Self harming behaviors; Sociodemographic; South Africa; Suicide attempts

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 44949126320     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-008-0348-7     Document Type: Article

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