“I felt so hurt and lonely”: SuicidaL behavior in South Asian-Surinamese, Turkish, and Moroccan women in the Netherlands

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 69-86

  Van Bergen, Diana D ^a   Van Balkom, Anton J L M ^a   Smit, Johannes H ^a   Saharso, Sawitri ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

autonomy; Moroccan immigrants; South Asian Surinamese immigrants; suicidal behavior; Turkish immigrants; young women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; PERSONALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SURINAME; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURE; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LONELINESS; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; ROLE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURINAME; TURKEY;

EID: 84857305759     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461511427353     Document Type: Article

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