Teenagers' attitudes about seeking help from telephone crisis services (hotlines)

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 601-613

  Gould, Madelyn S ^a,b   Greenberg, Ted ^d   Munfakh, Jimmie Lou Harris ^b   Kleinman, Marjorie ^b   Lubell, Keri ^c  

^a Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^d Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOTLINES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW YORK; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SHAME; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SUICIDE;

EID: 33846516799     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2006.36.6.601     Document Type: Conference Paper

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