Case study of posts before and after a suicide on a Swedish internet forum

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 207, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 476-482

  Westerlund, Michael ^a,b   Hadlaczky, Gergo ^a   Wasserman, Danuta ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; CONTENT ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LONELINESS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; VICTIM; ADULT; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDE; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84949921630     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.114.154484     Document Type: Review

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