Predictors of help-seeking for suicidal ideation in the community: Risks and opportunities for public suicide prevention campaigns

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 525-530

  Calear, Alison L ^a   Batterham, Philip J ^a   Christensen, Helen ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Help seeking; Literacy; Stigma; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LITERACY OF SUICIDE SCALE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIGMA; STIGMA OF SUICIDE SCALE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; AGED; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; SUICIDE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; AUSTRALIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK; SOCIAL STIGMA; STEREOTYPING; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84907597279     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2014.06.027     Document Type: Article

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