Suicide prevention in Nepal: A comparison to Australia - A personal view

Mental Health in Family Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 177-182

  Benson, Jill ^a,b   Shakya, Rabi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^c BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences ^*  (Nepal)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Nepal; Suicide

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; NEPAL; REVIEW; STIGMA; SUICIDE;

EID: 70349781942     PISSN: 1756834X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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