Suicide prevention in first-episode psychosis

The Recognition and Management of Early Psychosis: A Preventive Approach, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 257-282

  Power, Paddy ^a   Robinson, J ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511576287.016     Document Type: Chapter

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