Patients’ Experiences After Attempted Suicide: A Literature Review

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 715-726

  Berglund, Sara ^a   Åström, Sture ^a   Lindgren, Britt Marie ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMOTION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

EMOTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84995481703     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840.2016.1192706     Document Type: Review

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