Expert and lay explanations of suicidal behaviour: Comparison of the general population's, suicide attempters', general practitioners' and psychiatrists' views

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 535-551

  Zadravec, Tina ^a   Grad, Onja ^a   Sočan, Gregor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Attitudes of health personnel; Public opinion; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISIS THEORY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GENETIC MODEL; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; PERSONALITY; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; PUBLIC OPINION; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EXPERT TESTIMONY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33846255394     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00207640060668408     Document Type: Article

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