A systematic analysis of online broadcasts of suicidality in China

Asia-Pacific Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Li, Ang ^a,b   Huang, Xiaoxiao ^b   Zhu, Tingshao ^b  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

China; epidemiological characteristic; internet; suicide; suicide broadcast

Indexed keywords

CHARCOAL; POISON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BULLYING; BURN; CHINA; DROWNING; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; FIRE; FRIEND; GAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HANGING; HARASSMENT; HOME; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; INTOXICATION; JOB STRESS; JUMPING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENTAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POISONOUS ANIMAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SUICIDE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TELECOMMUNICATION; TEXT MESSAGING; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIDEORECORDING; WRIST INJURY; YOUNG ADULT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUICIDAL IDEATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIAL MEDIA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SUICIDE; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85049202071     PISSN: 17585864     EISSN: 17585872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/appy.12302     Document Type: Article

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