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Case Reports
. 2006 Mar;77(3):343-5.
doi: 10.1007/s00115-005-1986-6.

[Suicidality and the Internet. Danger from new media]

[Article in German]
A Forsthoff  1 , B Hummel, H-J Möller, H Grunze
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[Suicidality and the Internet. Danger from new media]

[Article in German]
A Forsthoff et al. Nervenarzt. 2006 Mar.

Abstract

The Internet has a powerful effect on society and thereby also on psychiatric patients. It offers suicide prevention services but also is a source of information and exchange of thoughts on how to commit suicide. This paper describes an 18-year-old female who learned about methods of suicide in the Internet and then ordered barbiturates. She survived because of early intervention.

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