"You feel like you can't live anymore": Suicide from the perspectives of Canadian men who experience depression

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 506-514

  Oliffe, John L ^a   Ogrodniczuk, John S ^a   Bottorff, Joan L ^b   Johnson, Joy L ^a   Hoyak, Kristy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Masculinity; Men; Men's depression; Suicide

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; GENDER RELATIONS; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; VULNERABILITY;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FATHER; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASCULINITY; PEER GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; SELF CONTROL; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

ADULT; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIDDLE AGED; MORALS; PEER GROUP; RELIGION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

CANADA;

EID: 84856370927     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.03.057     Document Type: Article

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