Australian psychologists' attitudes towards suicide and self-harm

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 75-82

  Gagnon, Jennifer ^a   Hasking, Penelope A ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Self harm; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861123290     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: 17429536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-9536.2011.00030.x     Document Type: Article

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