Internet comments on media reporting of two adolescents' collective suicide attempt

Archives of Suicide Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 87-98

  Sisask, Merike ^a,c   Värnik, Airi ^a   Wasserman, Danuta ^b  

^a Estonian Centre of Behavioral and Health Sciences   (Estonia)

^b Swed Natl SCCSRPMIH   (Sweden)

^c NONE   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Attempted suicide; Attitude; Internet; Internet comments; Media reporting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIA; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 17044429810     PISSN: 13811118     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13811110590512985     Document Type: Article

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