Loneliness and suicidal ideation in drug-using college students

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 629-640

  Lamis, Dorian A ^a   Ballard, Elizabeth D ^b   Patel, Amee B ^c,d  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c G V SONNY MONTGOMERY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d and Clinical Centers ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84918822502     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12095     Document Type: Article

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