A systematic review of social media use to discuss and view deliberate self-harm acts

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Dyson, Michele P ^a   Hartling, Lisa ^a   Shulhan, Jocelyn ^a   Chisholm, Annabritt ^a   Milne, Andrea ^a   Sundar, Purnima ^b   Scott, Shannon D ^c   Newton, Amanda S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; CANADA; DEPRESSION; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; MOTIVATION; NARRATIVE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; FEMALE; MALE; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SELF-INJURIOUS BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MEDIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84969920913     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0155813     Document Type: Article

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