Treatment and Prevention of Suicidal Behaviour in the Elderly

The International Handbook of Suicide and Attempted Suicide

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 555-570

  De Leo, Diego ^a,c,d   Scocco, Paolo ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ULSS 12 Veneziana   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly suicide prevention programmes; Intervention activities; Intervention level; Primary prevention; Social support network planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949792374     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470698976.ch31     Document Type: Chapter

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