Guidelines for postvention care with survivor families after the suicide of a client

Grief after Suicide: Understanding the Consequences and Caring for the Survivors

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 133-156

  McGann, Vanessa L ^a   Gutin, Nina ^b   Jordan, John R ^c  

^a Clinician Survivor Task Force American Association of Suicidology   (United States)

^b American Association of Suicidology   (United States)

^c NONE

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EID: 84925726180     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203886045     Document Type: Chapter

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