Nonsuicidal Self-Injury in Adolescents: Characterization of the Disorder and the Issue of Distress and Impairment

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 321-335

  Zetterqvist, Maria ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AUTOMUTILATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84989223323     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12283     Document Type: Article

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