Suicide survivors' mental health and grief reactions: A systematic review of controlled studies

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-29

  Sveen, Carl Aksel ^a,b   Walby, Fredrik A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEPRESSION; GRIEF; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

GRIEF; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; SUICIDE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 41649112070     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2008.38.1.13     Document Type: Article

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