Experience of low mood and suicidal behaviors among adolescents in vietnam: findings from two national population-based surveys

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 339-348

  Le, Minh Thi Hong ^a   Nguyen, Huong Thanh ^b   Tran, Thach Duc ^a,c,d   Fisher, Jane R W ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HANOI UNIVERSITY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Research and Training Centre for Community Development   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Helplessness; Hopelessness; Low mood; Suicidal thoughts; Suicide behaviors; Vietnam; Vietnamese adolescents

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOOD; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866743944     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.12.027     Document Type: Article

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