Internet and suicide
By: editors, Leo Sher and Alexander Vilens.
Contributors: Sher, Leo.; Vilens, Alexander.
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Hauppauge, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781607410775
Subjects: Internet -- Psychological aspects; Suicide -- Prevention
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The internet in suicide prevention and promotion; title: The internet : its role in the occurrence and prevention of suicide; title: The advantages and the disadvantages of the internet in preventing suicide; title: Web-based suicide prevention education : innovations in research, training, and practice; title: Improving public health practice in suicide prevention through online training : a case example; title: Internet resources for preventing suicide; title: Preventing suicide through the internet; title: Warning signs for suicide : safe and effective information delivery online; title: A potential source of data in understanding youth suicide : instant messages; title: Internet and emerging suicide method : a case study of contagion of charcoal burning suicides via the internet; title: "I am so sick of this life" : a semiotic analysis of suicidal messages on the internet; title: The internet and suicide pacts; title: Internet as a healing or killing tool in youth suicide phenomenon; title: Exploring self-injury and suicide in relation to self-harm discussion groups on the internet; title: "Across the street, not down the road" : staying alive through deliberate self-harm; title: Borderline personality, contagion, and the internet; title: Information for crisis intervention and suicide prevention resources for individuals with substance use disorders on the internet; title: Effect of mass media on suicidal behavior in patients with psychotic disorders; title: The use of the internet for research on suicides in the elderly; title: For better or for worse? suicide and the internet in world today; title: Media suicide-reports, internet use and the incidence of suicides in Japan; title: Internet-associated suicide in Japan; title: Hard-to-reach populations and stigmatized topics : internet-based mental health research for Japanese men who are gay, bisexual, or questioning their sexual orientation; title: Suicide in China in the era of the internet; title: Internet communication about assisted or "rational" suicide : legal and ethical considerations for practice; title: Can suicide be quantified and categorized?; title: Mental illness and suicide; title: The concept of post-traumatic mood disorder, suicidal behavior in war veterans and possible use of internet-based therapies in the treatment of war veterans with posttraumatic mood disorder.