A social semiotic interpretation of suicidal behaviour in young people

Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 317-331

  Anderson, Martin ^a,b,d   Standen, P J ^a   Noon, Joe P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Suicide Prevention at the National Institute of Mental Health (East Midlands)   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Perceptions; Semiotics; Suicidal behaviour; Young people

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING STAFF; OVERDOSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SUICIDE;

EID: 19944369088     PISSN: 13591053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359105305051418     Document Type: Article

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