Suicide and mental disorders: A discourse of politics, power, and vested interests

Death Studies

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 481-492

  Hjelmeland, Heidi ^a   Knizek, Birthe L ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; SUICIDE;

HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SUICIDE;

EID: 85021440641     PISSN: 07481187     EISSN: 10917683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2017.1332905     Document Type: Article

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