Adolescent suicide in Australia: Rates, risk and resilience

Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 351-369

  McNamara, Patricia M ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent suicide; Australia; rates; risk resilience

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SUICIDE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RATES; RISK; RISK RESILIENCE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT SUICIDE; AUSTRALIA; RATES; RISK RESILIENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK; SELF EFFICACY; SUICIDE;

EID: 84879516079     PISSN: 13591045     EISSN: 14617021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359104512455812     Document Type: Article

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