Can sports events affect suicidal behavior? A review of the literature and implications for prevention

Crisis

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 144-152

  Andriessen, Karl ^a   Krysinska, Karolina ^b  

^a Suicide Prevention Program of the Flemish Mental Health Centres FDGG Zorgnet   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Durkheim; Prevention; Review; Sports; Suicidal behavior; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMAGINATION; IMITATION; MASS MEDIUM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPORT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MASS MEDIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RISK; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SPORTS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 75349105136     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910.30.3.144     Document Type: Article

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