Systematic services audit of consecutive suicides in New Brunswick: The case for coordinating specialist mental health and addiction services

Canadian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 671-678

  Lesage, Alain ^a   Séguin, Monique ^b,c   Guy, Andrée ^d   Daigle, France ^d   Bayle, Marie Noëlle ^e   Chawky, Nadia ^c   Tremblay, Nancy ^c   Turecki, Gustavo ^c  

^a CENTRE DE RECHERCHE FERNAND SEGUIN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d New Brunswick Department of Health   (Canada)

^e Hopital du Haut Richelieu   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mental disorders; Mental health services; Public health; Substance related disorders; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL WORK; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 55449084813     PISSN: 07067437     EISSN: 14970015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/070674370805301006     Document Type: Article

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