Self-harm and ethnicity: A systematic review

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 600-612

  Al Sharifi, Ali ^a   Krynicki, Carl R ^a   Upthegrove, Rachel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

culture; ethnicity; Self harm; suicide

Indexed keywords

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84939143784     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764015573085     Document Type: Article

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