Religious affiliation and suicide attempt

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 161, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2303-2308

  Dervic, Kanita ^b   Oquendo, Maria A ^a   Grunebaum, Michael F ^b   Ellis, Steve ^b   Burke, Ainsley K ^b   Mann, J John ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE; RELIGIOUS GROUP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MORALS; RELIGION; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 9744226397     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.161.12.2303     Document Type: Article

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