Suicidality and sexual orientation among men in Switzerland: Findings from 3 probability surveys

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 980-986

  Wang, Jen ^a,c   Häusermann, Michael ^b   Wydler, Hans ^a   Mohler Kuo, Meichun ^a   Weiss, Mitchell G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Dialogai   (Switzerland)

^c SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Attempted suicide; Homosexuality; Suicidal ideation; Switzerland; Young adult

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BISEXUAL MALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SUICIDE PLAN; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84863432552     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.04.014     Document Type: Article

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