Suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-harm: National prevalence study of young adults

BJPsych Open

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 142-148

  O'Connor, Rory C ^a   Wetherall, Karen ^a   Cleare, Seonaid ^a   Eschle, Sarah ^a   Drummond, Julie ^a   Ferguson, Eamonn ^b   O'Connor, Daryl B ^c   O'Carroll, Ronan E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCOTLAND; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85048623234     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20564724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2018.14     Document Type: Article

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