Available supports and coping behaviors of mental health social workers following fatal and nonfatal client suicidal behavior

Social Work

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 211-221

  Ting, Laura ^a   Jacobson, Jodi M ^a   Sanders, Sara ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Client suicidal behavior; Clinician survivor; Coping; Social worker; Support

Indexed keywords

EID: 52649156478     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/53.3.211     Document Type: Article

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