Suicide intervention skills in health professionals: A multidisciplinary comparison

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 232-237

  Palmieri, Gaspare ^a,c   Forghieri, Matilde ^a   Ferrari, Silvia ^a   Pingani, Luca ^a   Coppola, Paolina ^a   Colombini, Nicolò ^a   Rigatelli, Marco ^a   Neimeyer, Robert A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^c Casa di Cura Villa Igea   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health professionals; SIRI; Suicide intervention skills; Suicide risk

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUICIDE;

ADULT; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SUICIDE;

EID: 46049111622     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110802101047     Document Type: Article

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