Inmate suicide: Prevalence, assessment, and protocols

Brief Treatment and Crisis Intervention

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-54

  Tripodi, Stephen J ^a   Bender, Kimberly ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Jail suicide; Mentally ill offenders; Prison suicide; Suicide prevention; Suicide risk factors

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846698957     PISSN: 14743310     EISSN: 14743329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brief-treatment/mhl016     Document Type: Article

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