Self-harm and suicide in adolescents

The Lancet

Volumn 379, Issue 9834, 2012, Pages 2373-2382

  Hawton, Keith ^a   Saunders, Kate E A ^a   O'Connor, Rory C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN;

ADOLESCENCE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTOMUTILATION; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SELF ESTEEM; SELF HARM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84862600350     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(12)60322-5     Document Type: Review

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