Telephone hotline assessment and counselling of suicidal military service veterans in the USA

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 716-722

  Porter, Luz S ^a   Astacio, Marcial ^b   Sobong, Loreto C ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Crisis; Military service veterans; Suicidal attempts; Telephone counselling; Telephone hotline assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDE; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES; VETERAN;

ADULT; AGED; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HOTLINES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSING ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE; VETERANS;

EID: 0031254097     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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