TY - JOUR PY - 2005// TI - Suicidality and the Internet: danger from new media JO - Nervenarzt A1 - Forsthoff, A. A1 - Hummel, B. A1 - Moller, Hans-Jurgen A1 - Grunze, Heinz SP - 343 EP - 345 VL - 77 IS - 3 N2 - 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. LA - SN - 0028-2804 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00115-005-1986-6 ID - ref1 ER -