Descriptive and psychometric properties of the inventory of motivations for suicide attempts (IMSA) in an inpatient adolescent sample

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 476-482

  May, Alexis M ^a   O’Brien, Kimberly H McManama ^b   Liu, Richard T ^c   Klonsky, E David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Measurement; Motivations; Reasons; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGICAL INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MOTIVATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84962449945     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2015.1095688     Document Type: Article

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