Cross-National Analysis of the Associations among Mental Disorders and Suicidal Behavior: Findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

Using data from over 100,000 individuals in 21 countries participating in the WHO World Mental Health Surveys, Matthew Nock and colleagues investigate which mental health disorders increase the odds of experiencing suicidal thoughts and actual suicide attempts, and how these relationships differ across developed and developing countries.

• Publication year

  2009

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  PLoS Medicine

• Publication date

  2009-08-01

• Fields of study

  Medicine, Sociology, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000123PMID 19668361PMCID 2717212
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