Chain of care for patients with intentional self-harm: An effective strategy to reduce suicide rates?

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 614-622

  Rossow, Ingeborg ^a   Mehlum, Lars ^a   Gjertsen, Finn ^a   Moller, Bjørn ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b University of Oslo ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOMUTILATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SUICIDE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE;

EID: 76549117988     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2009.39.6.614     Document Type: Article

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