Non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal behavior: Prevalence, co-occurrence, and correlates of suicide among adolescents in Hong Kong

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1133-1144

  Cheung, Yee Tak Derek ^a   Wong, Paul Wai Ching ^a   Lee, Antoinette Marie ^a   Lam, Tai Hing ^a   Fan, Yun Sun Susan ^b   Yip, Paul Siu Fai ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Family Planning Association of Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

^c Center for Behavior Health   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Hong Kong; Mental health; Non suicidal self injury; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879797062     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-012-0640-4     Document Type: Article

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