Suicide reduction: Policy context

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 15-20

  Higgitt, Anna ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b Wellington House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH PROMOTION; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUICIDE;

EID: 0034027447     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260074067     Document Type: Review

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