Effectiveness of Australian youth suicide prevention initiatives

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 199, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 423-429

  Page, Andrew ^a   Taylor, Richard ^b   Gunnell, David ^c   Carter, Greg ^d   Morrell, Stephen ^b   Martin, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JUVENILE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUICIDE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80655130256     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.111.093856     Document Type: Article

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