Searching for suicide methods

Crisis

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 325-331

  Gunnell, David ^a   Derges, Jane ^a   Chang, Shu Sen ^b   Biddle, Lucy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Availability of means; Internet and suicidal behavior; Media; Method restriction in suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

HELIUM;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SEEKING; INTERNET; SEARCH ENGINE; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; HELIUM; HUMANS; INFORMATION SEEKING BEHAVIOR; INTERNET; SEARCH ENGINE; SUICIDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84946067390     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: 21512396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000326     Document Type: Article

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