Suicidal behaviors and associated factors among university students in six countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue , 2017, Pages 32-38

  Peltzer, Karl ^a,b,c   Yi, Siyan ^d,e   Pengpid, Supa ^a,b  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^c HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d Khana   (Cambodia)

^e TOURO UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Suicidal behaviors; Suicidal ideation; Suicide attempt; the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN); University students

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMBODIA; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIGHTING; HUMAN; INDONESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MYANMAR; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; THAILAND; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNDERWEIGHT; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VIET NAM; ADOLESCENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85010471637     PISSN: 18762018     EISSN: 18762026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2017.01.019     Document Type: Article

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