Improvements to suicide prevention training for prison staff in England and Wales

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 708-713

  Hayes, Adrian J ^a   Shaw, Jenny J ^a,c   Lever Green, Gillian ^a   Parker, Dianne ^a   Gask, Linda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b National Primary Care Research and Development Centre   (United Kingdom)

^c ASHWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PRISONS; SUICIDE; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849163445     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2008.38.6.708     Document Type: Article

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