The relationship between deliberate self-harm behavior, body dissatisfaction, and suicide in adolescents: Current concepts

Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare

Volumn 4, Issue , 2011, Pages 183-189

  Greydanus, Donald E ^a,b   Apple, Roger W ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Psychological Evaluation and Consultation Services Kalamazoo Regional Educational Service Agency   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body dissatisfaction; Children; Deliberate self harm; Etiology; Management; Suicide risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874909545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11782390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/JMDH.S11569     Document Type: Article

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