How people live with or get over being suicidal: A review of qualitative studies

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 114-126

  Lakeman, Richard ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Mary ^b  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Being suicidal; Mental health; Nursing; Psychache; Relationships; Suicide; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SUICIDE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE;

EID: 54749158611     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04773.x     Document Type: Article

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