Telephone Counselling for Adolescent Suicide Prevention: Changes in Suicidality and Mental State from Beginning to End of a Counselling Session

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 400-411

  King, Robert ^a   Nurcombe, Barry ^a   Bickman, Leonard ^b   Hides, Leanne ^a   Reid, Wendy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Kids Help Line   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SUICIDE; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HOTLINES; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SUICIDE; TAPE RECORDING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0347536114     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.33.4.400.25235     Document Type: Article

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