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Suicidality – the challenge for public mental health services

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

Thomas Callaly ,
Michael Berk  and
Seetal Dodd
Thomas Callaly*
Affiliation:
Community and Mental Health, Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Michael Berk
Affiliation:
Community and Mental Health, Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Barwon Health, University of Melbourne, Geelong, Victoria, Australia The Geelong Clinic, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Orygen Research Centre, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Seetal Dodd
Affiliation:
Community and Mental Health, Barwon Health, Geelong, Victoria, Australia Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Barwon Health, University of Melbourne, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
*
Dr Tom Callaly, Swanston Centre, PO Box 281, Geelong, VIC, Australia. Tel: +61 3 5226 7490; Fax: +61 3 5226 7454; E-mail: thomas@barwonhealth.org.au
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Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , February 2009 , pp. 41 - 43
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Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons A/S

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