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Suicidal intentions expressed in telephone calls to the Personal Emergency Advisory Service

Suicidal intentions expressed in telephone calls to the Personal Emergency Advisory Service SUICIDAL INTENTIONS EXPRESSED IN TELEPHONE CALLS TO THE PERSONAL EMERGENCY ADVISORY SERVICE Allen A. Bartholomew1 and Margaret F. Kelley2 N April 1960 a Personal Emergency calls": calls that specifically mention I a suicide threat or attempt. These Advisory Service was set up in Melbourne under the aegis of the calls have been fully analysed and the Mental Hygiene Department of the results are set out elsewhere btate of Victoria. This service was (Bartholomew and Kelley, 1692b). designed to give advice to persons in In general terms, the findings were difficulty with personal problems that there was a relatively constant through the agency of the telephone incidence of "suicide calls" on a (and to a lesser extent, the postal monthly basis (a mean of 9.92; S.D. services). The setting up of this ~_ 2.55 for the first twelve months and scheme and the experience of the 10.75 ~ 3.54 for the second twelve early months have been described months). Such calls scattered fairly elsewhere (Bartholomew and Kelley, evenly throughout the seven days of 1961, 1962). The impetus to initiate the week, and their distribution did this scheme was the concern express- not significantly differ from that of ed by many http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Social Work Taylor & Francis

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Suicidal intentions expressed in telephone calls to the Personal Emergency Advisory Service

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SUICIDAL INTENTIONS EXPRESSED IN TELEPHONE CALLS TO THE PERSONAL EMERGENCY ADVISORY SERVICE Allen A. Bartholomew1 and Margaret F. Kelley2 N April 1960 a Personal Emergency calls": calls that specifically mention I a suicide threat or attempt. These Advisory Service was set up in Melbourne under the aegis of the calls have been fully analysed and the Mental Hygiene Department of the results are set out elsewhere btate of Victoria. This service was (Bartholomew and Kelley, 1692b). designed...
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SUICIDAL INTENTIONS EXPRESSED IN TELEPHONE CALLS TO THE PERSONAL EMERGENCY ADVISORY SERVICE Allen A. Bartholomew1 and Margaret F. Kelley2 N April 1960 a Personal Emergency calls": calls that specifically mention I a suicide threat or attempt. These Advisory Service was set up in Melbourne under the aegis of the calls have been fully analysed and the Mental Hygiene Department of the results are set out elsewhere btate of Victoria. This service was (Bartholomew and Kelley, 1692b). designed to give advice to persons in In general terms, the findings were difficulty with personal problems that there was a relatively constant through the agency of the telephone incidence of "suicide calls" on a (and to a lesser extent, the postal monthly basis (a mean of 9.92; S.D. services). The setting up of this ~_ 2.55 for the first twelve months and scheme and the experience of the 10.75 ~ 3.54 for the second twelve early months have been described months). Such calls scattered fairly elsewhere (Bartholomew and Kelley, evenly throughout the seven days of 1961, 1962). The impetus to initiate the week, and their distribution did this scheme was the concern express- not significantly differ from that of ed by many

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Australian Journal of Social Work – Taylor & Francis

Published: Dec 1, 1962

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