Service contacts prior to death in people dying by suicide in the Scottish Highlands

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Stark, C R ^a   Vaughan, S ^a   Huc, S ^a   O'Neill, N ^a  

^a NHS HIGHLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

General practice; Mental health services; Primary care; Rural health; Rural health services; Scotland; Suicide; Suicide prevention; Urban rural differences

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SCOTLAND; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84867592267     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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