Screening for suicidal thoughts in primary care: The views of patients and general practitioners

Mental Health in Family Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 229-235

  Bajaj, Priya ^a   Borreani, Elena ^b   Ghosh, Pradip ^a   Methuen, Caroline ^c   Patel, Melissa ^b   Crawford, Michael Joseph ^b  

^a CENTRAL AND NORTH WEST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Primary care; Screening; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEPRESSION; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

EID: 70349775769     PISSN: 1756834X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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