Cross-national analysis of the associations between traumatic events and suicidal behavior: Findings from the who world mental health surveys

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Stein, Dan J ^a   Chiu, Wai Tat ^b   Hwang, Irving ^b   Kessler, Ronald C ^b   Sampson, Nancy ^b   Alonso, Jordi ^c   Borges, Guilherme ^d   Bromet, Evelyn ^e   Bruffaerts, Ronny ^f   de Girolamo, Giovanni ^g   Florescu, Silvia ^h   Gureje, Oye ⁱ   He, Yanling ^j   Kovess Masfety, Viviane ^k   Levinson, Daphna ^l   Matschinger, Herbert ^m   Mneimneh, Zeina ^n,o   Nakamura, Yosikazu ^p   Ormel, Johan ^q   Posada Villa, Jose ^r   Sagar, Rajesh ^s   Scott, Kate M ^t   Tomov, Toma ^u   Viana, Maria Carmen ^v   Williams, David R ^w   Nock, Matthew K ^x   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PSIQUIATRÍA RAMÓN DE LA FUENTE MUÑIZ   (Mexico)

^e STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^h Scoala Nationala de Sanatate Publica si Management Sanitar Bucharest   (Romania)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^j SHANGHAI MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (China)

^k UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^l MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^m UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

ⁿ Research   (Lebanon)

^o UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^p JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^q UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^r PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^s ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^t UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^u NEW BULGARIAN UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

^v UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^w HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^x HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MENTAL HEALTH; NATURAL DISASTER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PSYCHOTRAUMA; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VIOLENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MENTAL HEALTH; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77956295897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010574     Document Type: Article

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