Direct versus indirect psychosocial and behavioural interventions to prevent suicide and suicide attempts: A systematic review and meta-analysis

The Lancet Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 544-554

  Meerwijk, Esther L ^a   Parekh, Amrita ^c   Oquendo, Maria A ^d   Allen, I Elaine ^b   Franck, Linda S ^a   Lee, Kathryn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^d NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; DEATH; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF POISONING; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; HUMANS; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84971402172     PISSN: 22150366     EISSN: 22150374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2215-0366(16)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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