The effects of preparedness for suicide following the death of a young adult child

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 127-134

  Maple, Myfanwy ^a   Plummer, David ^b   Edwards, Helen ^a   Minichiello, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FEMALE; GRIEF; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTRAUMA; SUICIDE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PARENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE;

EID: 34249677926     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2007.37.2.127     Document Type: Article

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