The relationship between general population suicide rates and mental health funding, service provision and national policy: A cross-national study

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 448-453

  Shah, Ajit ^a   Bhandarkar, Ritesh ^b   Bhatia, Gurleen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b WEST LONDON MENTAL HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

mental health funding; mental health policy; mental health services; suicide; suicide rates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; STATE MEDICINE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SUICIDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77954898932     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764009342384     Document Type: Article

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