Workplace bullying and the association with suicidal ideation/thoughts and behaviour: A systematic review

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 72-79

  Leach, Liana S ^a   Poyser, Carmel ^a   Butterworth, Peter ^b,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mobbing; Suicide; Workplace bullying

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; BULLYING; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; WORKPLACE; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HARASSMENT; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MEDLINE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SCOPUS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WEB OF SCIENCE; WORKPLACE BULLYING;

ABSENTEEISM; BULLYING; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84988697496     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2016-103726     Document Type: Review

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