Suicide assessment and evaluation strategies: A primer for counselling psychologists

Counselling Psychology Quarterly

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 89-97

  Schwartz, Robert C ^a   Rogers, James R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMUTILATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PROPHYLAXIS; PSYCHOLOGIST; REVIEW; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SCIENCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

EID: 2342558027     PISSN: 09515070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09515070410001665712     Document Type: Review

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