Gender differences in suicidal expressions and their determinants among young people in Cambodia, a post-conflict country

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Jegannathan, Bhoomikumar ^a   Kullgren, Gunnar ^b  

^a Chey Chumneas Hospital   (Cambodia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TOWARDS SUICIDE; CAMBODIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; LIFE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT SCALE ADOLESCENT FORM; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL EXPRESSION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; YOUTH SELF REPORT; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; CAMBODIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79954424282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-11-47     Document Type: Article

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