Determinants of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts: Parallel cross-sectional analyses examining geographical location

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Inder, Kerry J ^a,b   Handley, Tonelle E ^a   Johnston, Amy ^c   Weaver, Natasha ^b,d   Coleman, Clare ^e   Lewin, Terry J ^a,f   Slade, Tim ^c   Kelly, Brian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^f Hunter New England Mental Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Psychiatric disorder; Remoteness; Rural mental health; Social determinants of health; Suicidal ideation; Suicide attempts

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; ARTICLE; DSM-IV; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EYSENCK PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; GEOGRAPHY; INDEX OF RELATIVE SOCIO ECONOMIC ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSIS; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMICS; WELL BEING INDEX; WORLD MENTAL HEALTH COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904520085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-14-208     Document Type: Article

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