Support groups for suicide survivors: Results of a survey of group leaders

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 588-598

  Cerel, Julie ^a   Padgett, Jason H ^b   Reed, Gerald A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Tennessee Lives Count Juvenile Justice Project   (United States)

^c National Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF HELP; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SURVIVOR;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURVIVORS;

EID: 76549119422     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2009.39.6.588     Document Type: Article

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