Cannabis use and deliberate self-harm in adolescence: A comparative analysis of associations in England and Norway

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 340-348

  Rossow, Ingeborg ^a   Hawton, Keith ^b   Ystgaard, Mette ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Cannabis; Comparative analysis; Deliberate self harm; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; NORWAY; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENTS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 70350362694     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110903266475     Document Type: Article

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