A Two-Year Prospective Study of Psychache and its Relationship to Suicidality Among High-Risk Undergraduates

Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1019-1027

  Troister, Talia ^a   Holden, Ronald R ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depression; Hopelessness; Psychache; Shneidman's model; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STUDENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; STUDENTS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865157440     PISSN: 00219762     EISSN: 10974679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jclp.21869     Document Type: Article

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