Who goes online for suicide-related reasons?: A comparison of suicidal people who use the internet for suicide-related reasons and those who do not

Crisis

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 112-120

  Mok, Katherine ^a   Jorm, Anthony F ^b   Pirkis, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Internet; Online; Suicide; Suicide related Internet use

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HELP-SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84971577967     PISSN: 02275910     EISSN: 21512396     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000366     Document Type: Article

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