The effects of celebrity suicide on copycat suicide attempt: A multi-center observational study

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 957-965

  Jeong, Joo ^a   Shin, Sang Do ^a   Kim, Ho ^a   Hong, Yun Chul ^a   Hwang, Seung Sik ^b   Lee, Eui Jung ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Emergency department; Famous person; Prevention; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMITATION; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC FIGURE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MALE; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES;

EID: 84863727434     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-011-0403-7     Document Type: Article

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