Barriers to helpseeking among New Zealand prison inmates

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1-24

  Skogstad, Philip ^a   Deane, Frank P ^b   Spicer, John ^c  

^a HMP Whitemoor   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^c MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Help negation; Helpseeking barriers; Inmate attitudes; Suicidal ideation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746552802     PISSN: 10509674     EISSN: 15408558     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J076v42n02_01     Document Type: Article

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