Connecting the invisible dots: Reaching lesbian, gay, and bisexual adolescents and young adults at risk for suicide through online social networks

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 469-474

  Silenzio, Vincent M B ^a   Duberstein, Paul R ^a   Tang, Wan ^a   Lu, Naiji ^a   Tu, Xin ^a   Homan, Christopher M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent suicide; Adult suicide; Algorithms; Bisexual; Gay; Human sexuality; Internet; Lesbian; Network analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT SEXUALITY; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERNET; MEDIA ROLE; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BISEXUALITY; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; ONLINE SYSTEM; PEER GROUP; PRIMARY PREVENTION; SIMULATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUICIDE; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE; ALGORITHM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INTERNET; LESBIANISM; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PILOT STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALGORITHMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651208458     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.05.029     Document Type: Article

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