Women and Suicidal Behavior: A Cultural Analysis

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 259-266

  Canetto, Silvia Sara ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences

Author keywords

cultural scripts; culture; gender; suicidal behavior; women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MORTALITY; POLITICS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POLITICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES; WOMEN;

EID: 57349117693     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0013973     Document Type: Article

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