Information sources used by the suicidal to inform choice of method

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 702-709

  Biddle, Lucy ^a   Gunnell, David ^a   Owen Smith, Amanda ^a   Potokar, John ^a   Longson, Damien ^b   Hawton, Keith ^c   Kapur, Nav ^d   Donovan, Jenny ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GREATER MANCHESTER MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Availability; Media; Suicide; Suicide methods

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUTOMUTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; ELECTROCUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERNET; MALE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TELEVISION; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857369420     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.10.004     Document Type: Article

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