Alcohol and suicide in postconflict Northern Uganda: A qualitative psychological autopsy study

Crisis

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 95-105

  Kizza, Dorothy ^a,b   Hjelmeland, Heidi ^a,c   Kinyanda, Eugene ^d   Knizek, Birthe Loa ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Butabika National Referral and Teaching Mental Hospital   (Uganda)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Postconflict Northern Uganda; Psychological autopsy; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UGANDA; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFUGEES; SUICIDE; UGANDA; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861715790     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000119     Document Type: Article

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