How do adolescents talk about self-harm: A qualitative study of disclosure in an ethnically diverse urban population in England

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Klineberg, Emily ^a,b   Kelly, Moira J ^a   Stansfeld, Stephen A ^a   Bhui, Kamaldeep S ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Ethnicity; Help seeking; Qualitative methods; Self harm; Self injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNICATION; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; PREVALENCE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84878704678     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-572     Document Type: Article

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