The role of child and adolescent mental health services in suicide prevention in New Zealand

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 369-373

  Fortune, Sarah ^a   Clarkson, Hugh ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Division of Medicine Emergency and Integrated Care   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent mental health services; New Zealand; Suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LIAISON PSYCHIATRY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEW ZEALAND; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NEW ZEALAND; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 33751103916     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1665.2006.02306.x     Document Type: Article

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