Exposure to, and searching for, information about suicide and self-harm on the Internet: Prevalence and predictors in a population based cohort of young adults

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 185, Issue , 2015, Pages 239-245

  Mars, Becky ^a   Heron, Jon ^a   Biddle, Lucy ^a   Donovan, Jenny L ^a   Holley, Rachel ^b   Piper, Martyn ^c   Potokar, John ^a   Wyllie, Clare ^b   Gunnell, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Samaritans   (United Kingdom)

^c PAPYRUS Prevention of Young Suicide   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALSPAC; Internet; Self harm; Suicide; Suicide attempt

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL HEALTH; MOTIVATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; RISK; SELF REPORT; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939258270     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2015.06.001     Document Type: Article

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