Suicide risk assessment and risk formulation part I: A focus on suicide ideation in assessing suicide risk

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 420-431

  Silverman, Morton M ^a   Berman, Alan L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b American Association of Suicidology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

AGE FACTORS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HUMANS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84905995581     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12065     Document Type: Article

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