Repeat substance-using suicidal clientshow can we be helpful?

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 420-431

  Bergmans, Yvonne ^a   Spence, Julia M ^a   Strike, Carol ^b   Links, Paul S ^a   Ball, Jeffrey S ^a   Rufo, Claire ^b   Rhodes, Anne E ^a   Watson, William J ^a   Eynan, Rahel ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Intervention; Substance abuse; Suicidal clients

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL WORK; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68849130727     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00981380802592013     Document Type: Article

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