Online media report on a hungarian double suicide case: Comparison of consecutively published articles

Psychiatria Danubina

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 248-254

  Balázs, Judit ^a,b   Keresztény, Agnes ^b,c   Pelbát, Gergely ^a   Sinka, Lea ^a   Szilvás, Fanni ^a   Torzsa, Tímea ^a  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Vadaskert Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Hospital   (Hungary)

^c SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Comments; Consecutive online articles; Guideline; Online media report; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EMOTION; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MASS MEDIUM; ONLINE SYSTEM; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLICATION; SUICIDE;

ADULT; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INTERNET; NEWSPAPERS; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885209451     PISSN: 03535053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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