Interventions for people bereaved through suicide: Systematic review

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 193, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 438-443

  McDaid, Catriona ^a   Trowman, Rebecca ^a   Golder, Su ^a   Hawton, Keith ^b   Sowden, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SUICIDE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; BEREAVEMENT; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SUICIDE;

EID: 57449112504     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.107.040824     Document Type: Review

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