Attitudes of medical students, general practitioners, teachers, and police officers toward suicide in a Turkish sample

Crisis

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 173-179

  Öncü, Bedriye ^a,c   Soykan, Çiǧdem ^b   Ihan, Inci Özgür ^a,d   Sayil, Işik ^a,b,c,e  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Crisis Intervention Center ^*

^c Adolescent Unit

^d Substance Abuse Treatment Unit   (United States)

^e WHO/EURO Multicentre   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Attitudes; General practitioners; Medical students; Police officers; Suicide; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749131700     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.29.4.173     Document Type: Article

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