Suicide notes among Native Americans, Hispanics, and Anglos

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1484-1494

  Olson, Lenora M ^a   Wahab, Stéphanie ^b   Thompson, Cheryl W ^c   Durrant, Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MD Informatics   (United States)

Author keywords

constant comparison; coping and adaptation; minorities; motivation; stigma; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEW MEXICO; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL STIGMA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053306157     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732311412789     Document Type: Review

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