Suicide attempts as social goal-directed systems of joint careers, projects, and actions

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 651-660

  Valach, Ladislav ^a   Michel, Konrad ^b   Young, R A ^c   Dey, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CAREER PLANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PSYCHOSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SWITZERLAND; SYSTEMS THEORY; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 33846559695     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2006.36.6.651     Document Type: Conference Paper

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