Reasons to love life: Effects of a suicide-awareness campaign on the utilization of a telephone emergency line in Austria

Crisis

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 382-389

  Till, Benedikt ^a   Sonneck, Gernot ^b   Baldauf, Gerhard ^c   Steiner, Elise ^d   Niederkrotenthaler, Thomas ^a  

^a Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^b LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

^c Telephone Emergency Service   (Austria)

^d Foundation WEIL (Weiter im Leben)   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Awareness campaign; Crisis hotline; Suicide; Telephonic utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; AWARENESS CAMPAIGN; CRISIS HOTLINE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SUICIDE; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONIC UTILIZATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

AUSTRIA; AWARENESS CAMPAIGN; CRISIS HOTLINE; SUICIDE; TELEPHONIC UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERTISING AS TOPIC; AUSTRIA; CRISIS INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOTLINES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888403323     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000212     Document Type: Article

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