Developing a Brief Suicide Prevention Intervention and Mobile Phone Application: A Qualitative Report

Journal of Technology in Human Services

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 345-357

  Kennard, Beth D ^a,b   Biernesser, Candice ^c,d   Wolfe, Kristin L ^a,b   Foxwell, Aleksandra A ^a,b   Craddock Lee, Simon J ^a   Rial, Katie V ^a,b   Patel, Sarita ^a,b   Cheng, Carol ^c   Goldstein, Tina ^c,d   McMakin, Dana ^c,d   Blastos, Beatriz ^d   Douaihy, Antoine ^c,d   Zelazny, Jamie ^c,d   Brent, David A ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Children's Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; mobile technology; qualitative interviews; suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949950540     PISSN: 15228835     EISSN: 15228991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15228835.2015.1106384     Document Type: Article

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