Self-harm and suicidal behaviours among pregnant adolescent girls and young women could be doubly compounded in sub-Saharan Africa: A call for further research

Emmanuel Nii-Boye Quarshie^{1

2}, Kwaku Oppong Asante^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychology, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
² School of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
³ Department of Psychology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

Emmanuel Nii-Boye Quarshie et al. EClinicalMedicine. 2022.

. 2022 Mar 12:45:101339.

doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101339. eCollection 2022 Mar.

Emmanuel Nii-Boye Quarshie^{1

2}, Kwaku Oppong Asante^{1

3}

¹ Department of Psychology, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
² School of Psychology, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK.
³ Department of Psychology, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.

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Conflict of interest statement

We declare no competing interests.

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