Universal suicide prevention in young people: An evaluation of the safe TALK program in Australian high schools

Crisis

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 300-308

  Bailey, Eleanor ^a   Spittal, Matthew J ^b   Pirkis, Jane ^b   Gould, Madelyn ^c   Robinson, Jo ^a  

^a THE NATIONAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Case detection; Education; Schools; Suicide; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85033599508     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: 21512396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000465     Document Type: Article

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