Identification of Suicide Risk Among Rural Youth: Implications for the Use of HEADSS

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 152-167

  Biddle, Virginia Sue ^a   Sekula, L Kathleen ^a   Zoucha, Rick ^a   Puskar, Kathryn R ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

adolescence; HEADSS; psychosocial; qualitative content analysis; risk assessment; rural; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; STUDENT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; DEPRESSION; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PENNSYLVANIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951102802     PISSN: 08915245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedhc.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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