Suicide-related Internet use: A review

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 697-705

  Mok, Katherine ^a   Jorm, Anthony F ^a   Pirkis, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Internet; online; suicide; suicide related

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; AUTOMUTILATION; BULLYING; HUMAN; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATIENT MONITORING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; SUICIDE RELATED INTERNET USE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; INTERNET; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

HUMANS; INTERNET; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 84938391539     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004867415569797     Document Type: Review

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