Suicide and stigma: A review of the literature and personal reflections

Academic Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 136-142

  Sudak, Howard ^a   Maxim, Karen ^b   Carpenter, Maryellen ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

^c Psychiatry ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEATH; FAMILY COUNSELING; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; REVIEW; STIGMA; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BEREAVEMENT; FAMILY THERAPY; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURVIVORS;

EID: 41749090486     PISSN: 10429670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ap.32.2.136     Document Type: Review

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