Prevalence and correlates of self-harm in the German general population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Müller, Astrid ^a   Claes, Laurence ^b,c   Smits, Dirk ^b,d   Brähler, Elmar ^e   De Zwaan, Martina ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^d ODISEE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BARRATT IMPULSIVENESS SCALE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SELF HARM INVENTORY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; VERY ELDERLY; GERMANY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84977150776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0157928     Document Type: Article

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