Assessing and managing suicidal behaviour in the primary care setting: A model for an integrated regional suicide prevention strategy

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 307-311

  Voros, Viktor ^a   Osvath, Peter ^a   Fekete, Sandor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Guideline; Primary care; Suicide; Suicide attempt; Suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOPHARMACOTHERAPY; RECOGNITION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 70350780346     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: 14711788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13651500903056541     Document Type: Article

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