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Psychological correlates of self-harm within gay, lesbian and bisexual UK University students

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Psychological correlates of self-harm within gay, lesbian and bisexual UK University students. / Taylor, Peter; Dhingra, Katie; Joanne Dickson, Joanne et al.
In: Archives of Suicide Research, Vol. 24, No. sup1, 01.06.2020, p. 41-56.

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Taylor P, Dhingra K, Joanne Dickson J, McDermott ES. Psychological correlates of self-harm within gay, lesbian and bisexual UK University students. Archives of Suicide Research. 2020 Jun 1;24(sup1):41-56. Epub 2018 Nov 19. doi: 10.1080/13811118.2018.1515136, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13811118.2018.1515136

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Taylor, Peter ; Dhingra, Katie ; Joanne Dickson, Joanne et al. / Psychological correlates of self-harm within gay, lesbian and bisexual UK University students. In: Archives of Suicide Research. 2020 ; Vol. 24, No. sup1. pp. 41-56.

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