The Green Card Clinic: Overview of a brief patient-centred intervention following deliberate self-harm

Australasian Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-41

  Wilhelm, Kay ^a,b   Finch, Adam ^a   Kotze, Beth ^a,b   Arnold, Karen ^a,b   McDonald, Geoff ^a,b   Sternhell, Peter ^a,b   Hudson, Beaver ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Brief intervention; Deliberate self harm; Self injury; Self poisoning

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY WARD; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH CENTER; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT REFERRAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; AUSTRALIA; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, BRIEF; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34248178601     PISSN: 10398562     EISSN: 14401665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10398560601083068     Document Type: Review

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