Postcards in Persia: A Twelve to Twenty-four Month Follow-up of a Randomized Controlled Trial for Hospital-Treated Deliberate Self-Poisoning

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 138-154

  Hassanian Moghaddam, Hossein ^a   Sarjami, Saeedeh ^b   Kolahi, Ali Asghar ^a   Lewin, Terry ^c   Carter, Gregory ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Private Clinic   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

deliberate self harm; follow up studies; poisoning; postcards; reminder systems; suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTERCARE; AUTOMUTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLICATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFTERCARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; POISONING; POSTCARDS AS TOPIC; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953732594     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: 15436136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2015.1004473     Document Type: Article

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