Increasing self-reported suicide attempts by adolescents in Greece between 1984 and 2007

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 231-237

  Kokkevi, Anna ^a,b   Rotsika, Vasiliki ^a   Arapaki, Angeliki ^b   Richardson, Clive ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Greece; Suicide attempts; Survey descriptive study; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GREECE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 79952280235     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0185-3     Document Type: Article

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