Suicide on facebook

Journal of Psychiatric Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 141-146

  Ahuja, Amir Kumar ^a   Biesaga, Krystine ^a   Sudak, Donna M ^a   Draper, John ^b   Womble, Ashley ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b National Suicide Prevention Lifeline   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; Facebook; prevention; social media; suicide

Indexed keywords

TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEPRESSION; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; PSYCHOLOGY; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84896998808     PISSN: 15274160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pra.0000445249.38801.d1     Document Type: Article

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