The impact of media reporting of the suicide of a singer on suicide rates in Taiwan

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 215-221

  Chen, Ying Yeh ^a,b   Liao, Shu Fen ^c   Teng, Po Ren ^d   Tsai, Chi Wei ^a   Fan, Hsiang Fang ^a   Lee, Wen Chung ^c   Cheng, Andrew T A ^e  

^a TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d Show Chwan Health Care System   (Taiwan)

^e INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Celebrity suicide; Charcoal burning; Imitation suicide; Media report

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CARBON MONOXIDE INTOXICATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC FIGURE; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUICIDE; TAIWAN; TIME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING; CHARCOAL; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; SEX FACTORS; SUICIDE; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857058069     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0331-y     Document Type: Article

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