Exposure to websites that encourage self-harm and suicide: Prevalence rates and association with actual thoughts of self-harm and thoughts of suicide in the United States

Journal of Adolescence

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1335-1344

  Mitchell, Kimberly J ^a   Wells, Melissa ^a   Priebe, Gisela ^b   Ybarra, Michele L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Center for Innovative Public Health Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Internet; Prevalence; Self harm; Self injury; Suicidal ideation; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CRISIS INTERVENTION; DATING VIOLENCE; DEPRESSION; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNET; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STATUTORY RAPE; SUBSTANCE USE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; AGE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PREVALENCE; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84908055513     PISSN: 01401971     EISSN: 10959254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2014.09.011     Document Type: Article

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