Emergency departments are underutilized sites for suicide prevention

Crisis

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-6

  Larkin, Gregory Luke ^a   Beautrais, Annette L ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 77956993962     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000001     Document Type: Editorial

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