The influence of media coverage of a celebrity suicide on subsequent suicide attempts

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 862-866

  Cheng, Andrew T A ^a   Hawton, Keith ^e   Chen, Tony H H ^b   Yen, Amy M F ^b   Chen, Chung Ying ^c   Chen, Lin ^a   Teng, Po Ren ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Tsaotun Psychiatric Center   (Taiwan)

^d SHOW CHWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC FIGURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TAIWAN; TELEVISION;

EID: 34347351061     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v68n0606     Document Type: Article

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