Stigma of Suicide Attempt (STOSA) scale and Stigma of Suicide and Suicide Survivor (STOSASS) scale: Two new assessment tools

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 200, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 872-878

  Scocco, Paolo ^a,b   Castriotta, Cristina ^b   Toffol, Elena ^b,c,d   Preti, Antonio ^e  

^a ULSS 16   (Italy)

^b Soproxi Project   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Deliberate self harm; Stigma; Suicidal behavior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STIGMA OF SUICIDE AND SUICIDE SURVIVOR SCALE; STIGMA OF SUICIDE ATTEMPT SCALE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TREND STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 84872394941     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2012.06.033     Document Type: Article

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