Crisis helplines: An overview of their roles in suicide prevention

Suicide from a Global Perspective: Public Health Approaches

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 83-93

  Law, Y W ^a   Yau, Anthony ^b   Yip, Paul S F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NONE

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