A cross-sectional study of adolescent non-suicidal self-injury: Support for a specific distress-function relationship

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zetterqvist, Maria ^a,b   Lundh, Lars Gunnar ^c   Svedin, Carl G ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Adverse life events; Function; Non suicidal self injury; Trauma symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON SUICIDAL SELF INJURY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL ABUSE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EID: 84905729000     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17532000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1753-2000-8-23     Document Type: Article

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