Asking for help online: Lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans youth, self-harm and articulating the ‘failed’ self

Health (United Kingdom)

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 561-577

  McDermott, Elizabeth ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

help seeking; LGBT; online; suicide; youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TRANSGENDER; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TRANSGENDER PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946015949     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: 14617196     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363459314557967     Document Type: Article

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