Does screening high school students for psychological distress, deliberate self-harm, or suicidal ideation cause distress - and is it acceptable?

Crisis

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 254-263

  Robinson, Jo ^a   Yuen, Hok Pan ^a   Martin, Cathy ^a   Hughes, Ally ^a   Baksheev, Gennady N ^a   Dodd, Simon ^a   Bapat, Swagata ^a   Schwass, Wayne ^a   McGorry, Patrick ^a   Yung, Alison R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Deliberate self harm; Schools; Screening; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMUTILATION; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STUDENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADOLESCENT; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 84855426000     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000087     Document Type: Article

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