Childhood adversities and suicide attempts: A retrospective study

Journal of Family Violence

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 713-718

  Hardt, J ^a   Sidor, A ^b   Nickel, R ^c   Kappis, B ^d   Petrak, P ^e   Egle, U T ^c  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood sexual abuse; Financial hardship; Harsh physical punishment; Retrospective study; Suicide attempts

Indexed keywords

EID: 54149085321     PISSN: 08857482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10896-008-9196-1     Document Type: Article

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