Gender issues in suicide rates, trends and methods among youths aged 15-24 in 15 European countries

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 216-226

  Värnik, Airi ^a,b   Kõlves, Kairi ^a,c   Allik, Jüri ^a   Arensman, Ella ^d   Aromaa, Esa ^e   van Audenhove, Chantal ^f   Bouleau, Jean Hervé ^g   van der Feltz Cornelis, Christina M ^h   Giupponi, Giancarlo ⁱ   Gusmão, Ricardo ^j   Kopp, Maria ^k   Marusic, Andrej ^l   Maxwell, Margaret ^m   Óskarsson, Högni ⁿ   Palmer, Ann ^o   Pull, Charles ^p   Realo, Anu ^a   Reisch, Thomas ^q   Schmidtke, Armin ^r   Sola, Victor Pérez ^s   Wittenburg, Lisa ^t   Hegerl, Ulrich ^t   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL SUICIDE RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Ireland)

^e VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^f Centre for Sociological Research   (Belgium)

^g Hopital de Jour FVillon   (France)

^h VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

ⁱ S Maurizo Hospital Bolzano   (Italy)

^j NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

^k SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^l UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^m UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ Directorate of Health Campaign Against Depression and Suicide   (Iceland)

^o UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^p CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

^q UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^r UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^s HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^t UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

more..

Author keywords

Age 15 24; Country differences; Europe; Methods; Suicide rates; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FIREARM; HANGING; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; JUMPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58349101728     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2008.06.004     Document Type: Article

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