Suicide conversations on Instagram™: contagion or caring?

Journal of Communication in Healthcare

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 12-18

  Carlyle, Kellie E ^a   Guidry, Jeanine P D ^a   Williams, Kofoworola ^a   Tabaac, Ariella ^a   Perrin, Paul B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

mental health; Social media; suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042943766     PISSN: 17538068     EISSN: 17538076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17538068.2018.1436500     Document Type: Article

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