The Role of Teachers in School-Based Suicide Prevention: A Qualitative Study of School Staff Perspectives

School Mental Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 209-221

  Nadeem, Erum ^a   Kataoka, Sheryl H ^b   Chang, Vickie Y ^c   Vona, Pamela ^b   Wong, Marleen ^d   Stein, Bradley D ^e,f  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

School mental health; Suicide prevention; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 81955163045     PISSN: 18662625     EISSN: 18662633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12310-011-9056-7     Document Type: Article

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