The prevalence of and psychosocial risks for suicide attempts in male and female college students in taiwan

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-197

  Chou, Cheng Hsiang ^a   Ko, Huei Chen ^a,b   Wu, Jo Yung Wei ^a   Cheng, Chung Ping ^c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TAIWAN; UNIVERSITY;

DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TAIWAN; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84875667437     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12007     Document Type: Article

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