Suicide postvention as suicide prevention: Improvement and expansion in the United States

Death Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 529-540

  Aguirre, Regina T P ^a   Slater, Holli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SUICIDE; SURVIVOR; UNITED STATES;

GRIEF; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; RISK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDE; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952915953     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481181003761336     Document Type: Article

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