An analysis of stigma and suicide literacy in responses to suicides broadcast on social media

Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Li, Ang ^a,d   Huang, Xiaoxiao ^b   Jiao, Dongdong ^c   O'Dea, Bridianne ^d   Zhu, Tingshao ^b   Christensen, Helen ^d  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^c National Computer System Engineering Research Institute of China   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

linguistics; literacy; social media; stigma; suicide

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DECISION TREE; HEALTH LITERACY; LANGUAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL MEDIA; STIGMA; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TELECOMMUNICATION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; SOCIAL STIGMA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIAL STIGMA; SUICIDE;

EID: 85041175995     PISSN: 17585864     EISSN: 17585872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/appy.12314     Document Type: Article

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