The impact of suicidality-related internet use: A prospective large cohort study with young and middle-aged internet users

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Sueki, Hajime ^a   Yonemoto, Naohiro ^b   Takeshima, Tadashi ^b   Inagaki, Masatoshi ^c  

^a WAKO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERNET; LONELINESS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE;

EID: 84925552525     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0094841     Document Type: Article

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