Silent suicide: Suicide among people not in contact with mental health services

International Review of Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-30

  Booth, Nicholas ^a   Owens, Christabel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SUICIDE; TIME OF DEATH;

EID: 0034066387     PISSN: 09540261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540260074085     Document Type: Short Survey

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