Reaching suicidal people with media campaigns: New challenges for a new century

Crisis

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 172-180

  Daigle, Marc ^a,b,c   Beausoleil, Louise ^a,b   Brisoux, Jacques ^a   Raymond, Sylvaine ^b   Charbonneau, Lucie ^b   Desaulniers, Julie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À TROIS RIVIÈRES   (Canada)

^b Center for Research and Intervention on Suicide and Euthanasia (CRISE)   (Canada)

^c Institut Philippe Pinel de Montreal   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitude; Intention; Knowledge; Media campaign; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMAN; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADULT; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 33846253200     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.27.4.172     Document Type: Article

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