Suicide Ideation and Suicide Attempts Among White Southern Lesbians

Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 4-20

  Irwin, Jay A ^a   Austin, Erika L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

mental health; mental illness suicide; sexual identity lesbian

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872409513     PISSN: 19359705     EISSN: 19359713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19359705.2012.711552     Document Type: Article

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