Peer suicide prevention in a prison

Crisis

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-26

  Hall, Barry ^a,b   Gabor, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b Can Assoc of Suicide Prevention   (Canada)

Author keywords

Peers; Prisons; Samaritans; Suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSISTED SUICIDE; CANADA; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL STAFF; POPULATION; PRISON; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKILL; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PRISONS; SUICIDE;

EID: 2442602143     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.25.1.19     Document Type: Article

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