Internet suicide: CommunitieS of affirmation and the lethality of communication

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 303-322

  Niezen, Ronald ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

communication; Internet; suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LETHALITY; MASS COMMUNICATION; PERSONALITY; PROVOCATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUICIDE;

COMMUNICATION; INTERNET; SUICIDE;

COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; SOCIAL NETWORKING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE;

EID: 84878908024     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: 14617471     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461512473733     Document Type: Article

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