Suicide attempts, gender, and sexual abuse: Data from the 2000 British psychiatric morbidity survey

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 166, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1135-1140

  Bebbington, Paul E ^a   Cooper, Claudia ^a   Minot, Sarah ^a   Brugha, Traolach S ^a   Jenkins, Rachel ^a   Meltzer, Howard ^a   Dennis, Michael ^a  

^a Charles Bell House ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SEX OFFENSES; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 70349640520     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: 15357228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.2009.09030310     Document Type: Article

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