Prevalence and predictors of suicidality among medical students in a public university

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-5

  Tin, Tan Siew ^a   Sidik, Sherina Mohd ^a   Rampal, Lekhraj ^a   Ibrahim, Normala ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Malaysia; Medical students; Predictors; Prevalence; Public university; Suicidality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT OF HUMANS; BECK HOPELESSNESS SCALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER 7 SCALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; LIST OF THREATENING EXPERIENCES QUESTIONNAIRE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOURS QUESTIONNAIRE REVISED; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNIVERSITI SAINS MALAYSIA PERSONALITY INVENTORY; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 84929572293     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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