Psychosocial determinants of suicide attempts among black South African adolescents: A qualitative analysis

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-189

  Shilubane, Hilda N ^a   Ruiter, Robert A C ^b   Bos, Arjan E R ^b   van den Borne, Bart ^b   James, Shamagonam ^c   Reddy, Priscilla S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

rural youth; suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857081361     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676261.2011.634400     Document Type: Article

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