Newspaper reports of suicide: The impact of newsworthiness

German Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 97-100

  Pridmore, S ^a,b   Patterson, T ^b   Bruno, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Newspapers; Newsworthiness; Sucide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOMICIDE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLICATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL CRIME; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS; SUICIDE;

EID: 33746992602     PISSN: 14331055     EISSN: 14331055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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