Characteristics of suicide attempts in a large urban jail system with an established suicide prevention program

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 574-579

  Goss, J Richard ^a   Peterson, Kari ^a   Smith, Lawrence W ^a   Kalb, Kate ^a   Brodey, Benjamin B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRISON; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CRIME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; PREVENTIVE PSYCHIATRY; PRISONERS; PRISONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036237245     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.53.5.574     Document Type: Article

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