Tracking suicide risk factors through Twitter in the US

Crisis

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-59

  Jashinsky, Jared ^a   Burton, Scott H ^b   Hanson, Carl L ^a   West, Josh ^a   Giraud Carrier, Christophe ^c   Barnes, Michael D ^a   Argyle, Trenton ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY IDAHO   (United States)

^c 3361 TMCB   (United States)

Author keywords

Social media; Suicide; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893194019     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: 21512396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000234     Document Type: Article

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