Connectedness and suicide prevention in adolescents: Pathways and implications

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 246-272

  Whitlock, Janis ^a   Wyman, Peter A ^b   Moore, Sarah R ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902553216     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12071     Document Type: Article

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