Suicidal behaviors among Muslim women: Patterns, pathways, meanings, and prevention

Crisis

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 447-458

  Canetto, Silvia Sara ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Abuse; Human rights; Islam; Suicide script; Thwarted individuation; Women

Indexed keywords

FEMALE; HUMAN; ISLAM; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

FEMALE; HUMANS; ISLAM; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; WOMEN;

EID: 84952947787     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: 21512396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000347     Document Type: Article

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