Citation

Forsthoff A, Hummel B, Moller HJ, Grunze H. Nervenarzt, Der 2005; 77(3): 343-345.

Vernacular Title

Suizidalitat und Internet. Gefahren durch neue Medien.

Affiliation

Psychiatrische Klinik der Universitat Munchen.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00115-005-1986-6

PMID

16205877

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.