Suicidal expressions among young people in Nicaragua and Cambodia: A cross-cultural study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Medina, Claudia O ^a   Jegannathan, Bhoomikumar ^b   Dahlblom, Kjerstin ^c   Kullgren, Gunnar ^c  

^a National Autonomous University of Nicaragua   (Nicaragua)

^b Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (CCAMH)   (Cambodia)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Nicaragua and cambodia; Suicidal expressions; Young people cross cultural comparison

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TOWARDS SUICIDE QUESTIONNAIRE; CAMBODIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NICARAGUA; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; YOUTH SELF REPORT QUESTIONNAIRE; CAMBODIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NICARAGUAN; SUICIDAL IDEATION; CHILD BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CAMBODIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NICARAGUA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STUDENTS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84900855882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-28     Document Type: Article

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