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Suicide Prevention by Online Support Groups: An Action Theory-Based Model of Emotional First Aid

Itzhak Gilat Israeli Association for Emotional First Aid (ERAN), Correspondence[email protected]
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Golan Shahar Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, and Visiting Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Yale University Medical School, View further author information
Pages 52-63 | Published online: 02 Jan 2009

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