Correlates of suicide stigma and suicide literacy in the community

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 406-417

  Batterham, Philip J ^a   Calear, Alison L ^a   Christensen, Helen ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUICIDE; VERY ELDERLY; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUICIDE;

EID: 84878144735     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12026     Document Type: Article

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