Are left-behind families of migrant workers at increased risk of attempted suicide? - a cohort study of 178,000+individuals in Sri Lanka

Duleeka Knipe; Helen Lambert; Melissa Pearson; Michael Eddleston; Shaluka Jayamanne; Kolitha Wickramage; Keith Hawton; Flemming Konradsen; Chris Metcalfe; David Gunnell

doi:10.1186/s12888-018-2000-8

Are left-behind families of migrant workers at increased risk of attempted suicide? - a cohort study of 178,000+individuals in Sri Lanka

Duleeka Knipe, Helen Lambert, Melissa Pearson, Michael Eddleston, Shaluka Jayamanne, Kolitha Wickramage, Keith Hawton, Flemming Konradsen, Chris Metcalfe, David Gunnell

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Original language	English
Article number	25
Journal	BMC Psychiatry
Volume	19
Number of pages	8
ISSN	1471-244X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-018-2000-8
Publication status	Published - 15 Jan 2019

Keywords

Migration
Left-behind children
Sri Lanka
Asia
Suicide

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