The suicidal process in male prisoners making near-lethal suicide attempts

Psychology, Crime and Law

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 305-327

  Rivlin, Adrienne ^a   Fazel, Seena ^a   Marzano, Lisa ^a   Hawton, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

near lethal suicide attempts; prevention; prison; qualitative methods; suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876105653     PISSN: 1068316X     EISSN: 14772744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1068316X.2011.631540     Document Type: Article

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