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Barriers to Help-seeking in Young People: Community Beliefs About Youth Suicide

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Gerard SullivanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 73-85 | Published online: 19 Aug 2006

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Tamar Tarablus & Yaacov B. Yablon. (2023) Teachers’ Willingness to Seek Help for Violence: The Mediating Effect of School Climate. School Mental Health 15:4, pages 1090-1101.
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