Essential questions on suicide bereavement and postvention

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 24-32

  Andriessen, Karl ^a   Krysinska, Karolina ^b  

^a Suicide Prevention Program of the Flemish Community Mental Health Centres   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Policy; Postvention; Prevention; Public health; Suicide

Indexed keywords

POLICY APPROACH; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUICIDE;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; BEREAVEMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONVALESCENCE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PREVENTION STUDY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE; SUPPORT GROUP; SURVIVOR;

EID: 84856363672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph9010024     Document Type: Article

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