Psychosocial stressors and patterns of coping in adolescent suicide attempters

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 39-46

  Mathew, Anju ^a   Nanoo, Subha ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescents; coping; psychosocial factors; suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878922423     PISSN: 02537176     EISSN: 09751564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7176.112200     Document Type: Article

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