Pathways to suicidal behavior in posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 137-145

  Panagioti, Maria ^a   Gooding, Patricia A ^a   Dunn, Graham ^a   Tarrier, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 79953805262     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20627     Document Type: Article

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