Suicide prevention public service announcements impact help-seeking attitudes: The message makes a difference

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue JUL, 2016, Pages

  Klimes Dougan, Bonnie ^a   Wright, Nathan ^b   Klingbeil, David A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Minnesota Department of Public Health   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Billboards; Help seeking; Public service announcements; Suicide prevention; Universal prevention; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALADJUSTMENT; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH MESSAGE; PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIMULATION; SUICIDE; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84981485520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2016.00124     Document Type: Article

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