Stimulating community action for suicide prevention: findings on the effectiveness of the Australian R U OK? Campaign

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 213-221

  Mok, Katherine ^a   Donovan, Robert ^b   Hocking, Barbara ^c   Maher, Brendan ^d   Lewis, Rebecca ^d   Pirkis, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c National LGBTI Health Alliance   (Australia)

^d R U OK   (Australia)

Author keywords

community support; R U OK; social connectedness; Suicide; suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981725184     PISSN: 14623730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14623730.2016.1209423     Document Type: Article

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