Re-development of mental health first aid guidelines for supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders who are engaging in non-suicidal self-injury

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Armstrong, Gregory ^a   Ironfield, Natalie ^a   Kelly, Claire M ^b   Dart, Katrina ^b   Arabena, Kerry ^a   Bond, Kathy ^b   Jorm, Anthony F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Mental Health First Aid Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assistance; Early intervention; Helping behaviour; Indigenous; Mental health first aid; Non suicidal self injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINE; AUTOMUTILATION; CONSENSUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELPHI STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; FIRST AID; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER; ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; CONSENSUS; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; FIRST AID; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85027984660     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-017-1465-1     Document Type: Article

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