Completed suicides and self-harm in Malaysia: A systematic review

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 153-165

  Armitage, Christopher J ^a   Panagioti, Maria ^a   Abdul Rahim, Wirda ^b   Rowe, Richard ^b   O'Connor, Rory C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Correlates; Prevalence; Self harm Malaysia; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DATA BASE; DATA SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MALAYSIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SELF HARM; SELF POISONING; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE AGED; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924858524     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: 18737714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2014.12.002     Document Type: Article

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