Assessing suicide attempts and depression among chinese speakers over the internet

Crisis

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 322-329

  Liu, Nancy H ^a,b   Contreras, Omar ^a   Muñoz, Ricardo F ^a,b,c   Leykin, Yan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c PALO ALTO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross national; Mental health services; Online screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHINA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

ADULT; CHINA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84910062816     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: 21512396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000261     Document Type: Article

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