Religion and spirituality along the suicidal path

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 229-244

  Colucci, Erminia ^a,b   Martin, Graham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNSELING; HEALTH; HUMAN; LEISURE; LETHALITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDITATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SURVIVOR; THEORETICAL STUDY;

BEREAVEMENT; BUDDHISM; CATHOLICISM; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; RELIGION; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SPIRITUALITY; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ASSISTED; SURVIVORS;

EID: 43549086656     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2008.38.2.229     Document Type: Review

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