Public involvement in suicide prevention: Understanding and strengthening lay responses to distress

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Owens, Christabel ^a   Owen, Gareth ^a   Lambert, Helen ^b   Donovan, Jenny ^b   Belam, Judith ^c   Rapport, Frances ^d   Lloyd, Keith ^d  

^a PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide   (United Kingdom)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FAMILY; FRIEND; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUICIDE; ADOLESCENT; MENTAL STRESS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; LONDON; PUBLIC SECTOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; WALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349595966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-308     Document Type: Article

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