Understanding suicide attempts among gay men from their self-perceived causes

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 203, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 499-506

  Wang, Jen ^a,b   Plöderl, Martin ^c   Häusermann, Michael ^d   Weiss, Mitchell G ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c Christian Doppler Klinik   (Austria)

^d Dialogai ^*  (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cultural epidemiology; Homosexuality; Life events; Recidivism; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEPRESSION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; RECIDIVISM; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SWITZERLAND; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY CONFLICT; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN RELATION; LOVE; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CAUSALITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY CONFLICT; GENDER IDENTITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LOVE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84941081238     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: 1539736X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000319     Document Type: Article

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