A call for research: The need to better understand the impact of support groups for suicide survivors

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 269-281

  Cerel, Julie ^a   Padgett, Jason H ^b   Conwell, Yeates ^c   Reed Jr , Gerald A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b National Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEREAVEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; REVIEW; SUICIDE; SUPPORT GROUP; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BEREAVEMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESEARCH; SELF-HELP GROUPS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SUICIDE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 67650854670     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2009.39.3.269     Document Type: Review

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