The imperative to integrate suicide prevention within community-based harm reduction programs for people who inject drugs: Informed by the situation in Delhi, India

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 28, Issue , 2016, Pages 133-135

  Armstrong, Gregory ^a   Samson, Luke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Sharan Society for Service to Urban Poverty   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CONFLICT; HARM REDUCTION; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HOMELESSNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; NEEDLE; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; SEXUAL COERCION; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYRINGE; UNSAFE SEX; COMMUNITY CARE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; INDIA; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUICIDE;

EID: 84958118357     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: 18734758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.08.014     Document Type: Article

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