First onset of suicidal thoughts and behaviours in college

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 207, Issue , 2017, Pages 291-299

  Mortier, P ^a   Demyttenaere, K ^a   Auerbach, R P ^b,c   Cuijpers, P ^d   Green, J G ^e   Kiekens, G ^a   Kessler, R C ^c   Nock, M K ^f   Zaslavsky, A M ^c   Bruffaerts, R ^a  

^a KU LEUVEN UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College student; Individual level risk; Population level risk; Prediction model; Suicidal ideation; Suicide plan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; COLLEGE STUDENT; DATING VIOLENCE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FEMALE; FINANCE; FOLLOW UP; FRIEND; HUMAN; HYPOMANIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; ONSET AGE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL DROPOUT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; STRESS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; ADULT; BELGIUM; HEALTH SURVEY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TIME FACTOR; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992200622     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.09.033     Document Type: Article

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