The construction of self-injury in the clinical literature: A sociological exploration

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 98-109

  Chandler, Amy ^a   Myers, Fiona ^a   Platt, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AUTOMUTILATION; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOLOGY; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF MUTILATION; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOLOGY; SUICIDE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960983045     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1943-278X.2010.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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