Suicide pevention in Australian Aboriginal communities: A review of past and present programs

Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 111-140

  Ridani, Rebecca ^a   Shand, Fiona L ^a   Christensen, Helen ^a   McKay, Kathryn ^b   Tighe, Joe ^c,d   Burns, Jane ^e   Hunter, Ernest ^f  

^a BLACK DOG INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^c Men's Outreach Service Inc   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e University of Melbourne   (Australia)

^f Remote Area Mental Health Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PROCEDURES; SUICIDE;

COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SUICIDE;

EID: 84922975924     PISSN: 03630234     EISSN: 1943278X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/sltb.12121     Document Type: Review

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