Beneficial and harmful effects of educative suicide prevention websites: Randomised controlled trial exploring Papageno v. Werther effects

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 109-115

  Till, Benedikt ^a,b   Tran, Ulrich S ^b,c   Voracek, Martin ^b,c   Niederkrotenthaler, Thomas ^a,b  

^a Medical University of Vienna   (Austria)

^b Wiener Werkstaette for Suicide Research   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; WEB BROWSER; YOUNG ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; INTERNET; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85026795190     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.115.177394     Document Type: Article

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