Expressing, communicating and discussing suicide: Nature, effects and methods of interacting through online discussion platforms

Suicide Prevention and New Technologies: Evidence Based Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 24-38

  Thoër, Christine ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Center on Health Communication   (Canada)

^c Quebec Women's Health Network   (Canada)

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EID: 84899689719     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9781137351692     Document Type: Chapter

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