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The evolution of epidemic suicide on Guam: context and contagion

Date

Authors

Booth, Heather

Publisher

Guilford Press

Abstract

Thirty years of suicide rates for Guam were analyzed by age, sex, period, and cohort. Youth suicide increased rapidly in the 1990s; certain cohorts have higher rates. Four explanatory factors are discussed, including ecological factors and migration from

Keywords

Keywords: adolescent; adult; age; article; child; cohort analysis; environmental aspects and related phenomena; epidemic; female; Guam; human; male; middle aged; migration; politics; psychological model; public figure; sex difference; suicide; time; Adolescent; Adu

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/1885/55268

Collections

ANU Research Publications

Source

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Type

Journal article

DOI

10.1521/suli.2010.40.1.1

Restricted until

2037-12-31

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