Medicine and the media: Can media depictions of suicide influence copycat acts?

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7775, 2010, Pages 705-

  Parry, Jane ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL;

HEALTH PRACTITIONER; MASS MEDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; IMITATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MASS MEDIA; SUICIDE;

EID: 77957372591     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c5067     Document Type: Short Survey

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