Seasonality in seeking mental health information on Google

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 520-525

  Ayers, John W ^a,c   Althouse, Benjamin M ^d   Allem, Jon Patrick ^b   Rosenquist, J Niels ^f   Ford, Daniel E ^e  

^a Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Directing Medicine LLC   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOREXIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUSTRALIA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BULIMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INTERNET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SUICIDE; SUMMER; UNITED STATES; WINTER;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUSTRALIA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; EATING DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEARCH ENGINE; SEASONS; UNITED STATES; WAVELET ANALYSIS;

EID: 84876400825     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: 18732607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2013.01.012     Document Type: Article

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