The 'Operationalized Predicaments of Suicide' (OPS) applied to Northern Territory coroners' reports

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 214-217

  Pridmore, Saxby ^a   Kuipers, Pim ^b   Appleton, Julie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indigenous health; Suicide; Suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUICIDE;

CORONERS AND MEDICAL EXAMINERS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84877135471     PISSN: 18762018     EISSN: 18762026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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