The association of suicide-related Twitter use with suicidal behaviour: A cross-sectional study of young internet users in Japan

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 170, Issue , 2015, Pages 155-160

  Sueki, Hajime ^a  

^a WAKO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Infodemiology; Internet; Social networking service; Suicide; Twitter; Web

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; JAPAN; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERNET; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907921332     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2014.08.047     Document Type: Article

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