Assessment of police calls for suicidal behavior in a concentrated urban setting

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1606-1609

  Matheson, Flora I ^a,b,d   Creatore, Maria I ^a   Gozdyra, Piotr ^a   Moineddin, Rahim ^c   Rourke, Sean B ^a   Glazier, Richard H ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; POLICE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; TRAINING; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CANADA; CRISIS INTERVENTION; EMERGENCY SERVICES, PSYCHIATRIC; FEMALE; HOTLINES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 29044439497     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.56.12.1606     Document Type: Article

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