Recall of early non-fatal suicidality in a nationally representative sample of South Africans

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 149-159

  Van Pletzen, Ermien ^a   Stein, Dan J ^a   Seedat, Soraya ^b   Williams, David R ^c,d   Myer, Landon ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

early non fatal suicidality; race; South Africa; suicidal behaviour; youth

Indexed keywords

APARTHEID; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; PRIMARY EDUCATION; RACIAL DISPARITY; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUICIDE; YOUNG POPULATION;

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; RACE; RECALL; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEPRESSION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL RECALL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84859528968     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2012.664271     Document Type: Article

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