On-line support and resources for people bereaved through suicide: What is available?

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 640-650

  Krysinska, Karolina ^a   Andriessen, Karl ^a   Suicidology, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Program of the Flemish   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERNET; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; SUICIDE;

BEREAVEMENT; HOSPICE CARE; HUMANS; INTERNET; SUICIDE;

EID: 78751658126     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/suli.2010.40.6.640     Document Type: Article

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