Attempted Suicide in Ghana: Motivation, Stigma, and Coping

Death Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 274-280

  Osafo, Joseph ^a   Akotia, Charity Sylvia ^a   Andoh Arthur, Johnny ^a,b   Quarshie, Emmanuel Nii Boye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; GHANA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; GHANA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LONELINESS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84928215577     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2014.991955     Document Type: Article

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