Relationships between body mass index, mental health, and suicidal ideation: Population perspective using two methods

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 652-658

  Goldney, Robert D ^a   Dunn, Kirsten I ^a   Air, Tracy M ^b   Dal Grande, Eleanora ^c   Taylor, Anne W ^c  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Mental health; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROTECTION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

BODY MASS INDEX; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 68049109458     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00048670902970825     Document Type: Article

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