Media recommendations on reporting suicidal behaviour and suggestions for optimisation

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 314-315

  Maloney, J ^a   Pfuhlmann, B ^a   Arensman, E ^b   Coffey, C ^b   Gusmao R ^c   Postuvan V ^d   Scheerder, G ^e   Sisask, M ^f   van der Feltz Cornelis, C M ^g,h   Hegerl, U ⁱ   Schmidtke, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL SUICIDE RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA   (Slovenia)

^e KU Leuven University   (Belgium)

^f TALLINN UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^g TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^h NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL ETHICS; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; ETHICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84902094707     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acps.12131     Document Type: Article

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