Youth suicide prevention: A survey and analysis of policies and efforts in the 50 states

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 150-164

  Metha, Arlene ^a   Weber, Barbara ^b   Webb, L Dean ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wisconsin Div of Juven Corrections

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; JUVENILE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADULT; CRISIS INTERVENTION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CURRICULUM; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH PLANNING COUNCILS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RESEARCH SUPPORT; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

EID: 0031829951     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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