The Impact of Suicide on Co-patients

Psychiatric Quarterly

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 449-457

  Seeman, Mary V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Community mental health service; Postvention; Privacy; Suicide survivors

Indexed keywords

AMBIVALENCE; ARTICLE; BEREAVEMENT; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOURNING; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERSONALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOSIS; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDE; SURVIVOR; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OUTPATIENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; OUTPATIENTS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84944353266     PISSN: 00332720     EISSN: 15736709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11126-015-9346-6     Document Type: Article

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