Touched by suicide: Bridging the perspectives of survivors and clinicians

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-126

  Myers, Michael F ^a,c   Fine, Carla ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Department of Psychiatry ^*

^c ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; BEREAVEMENT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COGNITION; EMOTION; HOPE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SUICIDE; SURVIVAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BEREAVEMENT; FAMILY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34249727838     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2007.37.2.119     Document Type: Review

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