Contribution of imitative suicide to the suicide rate in prisons

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 538-542

  McKenzie, Nigel ^a,b,d   Keane, Michael ^c  

^a CAMDEN AND ISLINGTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c National Probation Service   (United Kingdom)

^d Highgate Mental Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEATH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRISON; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SIMULATION; SUICIDE;

DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENGLAND; HUMANS; PRISONERS; SUICIDE; WALES;

EID: 36148959678     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2007.37.5.538     Document Type: Article

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