Suicide Rates among Turkish and American Youth: A Cross-Cultural Comparison

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-72

  Coskun, Murat ^a   Zoroglu, Salih ^b   Ghaziuddin, Neera ^c  

^a Numune Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; children; suicide; Turkey; US

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUICIDE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUICIDE; TURKEY; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856873464     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2012.640612     Document Type: Article

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