Media awards for responsible reporting of suicide: Experiences from Australia, Belgium and Denmark

International Journal of Mental Health Systems

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Dare, Andrew J ^a   Andriessen, Karl A M ^b,c   Nordentoft, Merete ^d   Meier, Michella ^d   Huisman, Annemiek ^a,e   Pirkis, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b The Flemish Mental Health Centres   (Belgium)

^c Flemish Working Group on Suicide Survivors 'Verder'   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AWARDS AND PRIZES; BELGIUM; DENMARK; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUICIDE;

EID: 79957865361     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17524458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-4458-5-15     Document Type: Article

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