Prevalence and risk factors associated with suicide ideation and attempts in Korean college students

Psychiatry Investigation

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 86-93

  Lee, Hong Seok ^a   Kim, Sukil ^a   Choi, Inyoung ^a   Lee, Kyuong Uk ^b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Uijeongbu St Mary's Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

College students; Risk factors; Suicide attempts; Suicide ideation

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ALCOHOL USE DISORDERS IDENTIFICATION TEST; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR SPECTRUM DIAGNOSTIC SCALE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLLEGE STUDENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 46949106132     PISSN: 17383684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4306/pi.2008.5.2.86     Document Type: Article

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