A pilot investigation of the Operationalized Predicaments of Suicide (OPS) framework

Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 50-56

  Pridmore, Saxby ^a   Kuippers, Pim ^b   Zainab, Abdul Majeed ^c   Rrestifo, Sam ^d   Lee, Adrian ^a   Aappleton, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^d North Metropolitan Area Mental Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

Mental health; Public health; Social medicine; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FACE VALIDITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OPERATIONALIZED PREDICAMENTS OF SUICIDE FRAMEWORK; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHIATRIST; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84863847419     PISSN: 1394195X     EISSN: 21804303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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