Youth suicide prevention: A survey of public school superintendents' acceptability of school-based programs

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 154-169

  Scherff, Andrew R ^a   Eckert, Tanya L ^a   Miller, David N ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUVENILE; MALE; MANAGEMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIST; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SUICIDE;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 18544383154     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.35.2.154.62874     Document Type: Article

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