How Henry Hellyer's use of language foretold his suicide

Crisis

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 288-292

  Baddeley, Jenna L ^a   Daniel, Gwyneth R ^a   Pennebaker, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Case study; Depression; Language; LIWC; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HISTORY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SUICIDE;

ADULT; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT; SUICIDE; TASMANIA;

EID: 84855460400     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000092     Document Type: Article

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