Published on in Vol 24, No 10 (2022): October

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/37695, first published .
The Use of Close Friends on Instagram, Help-Seeking Willingness, and Suicidality Among Hong Kong Youth: Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Study

The Use of Close Friends on Instagram, Help-Seeking Willingness, and Suicidality Among Hong Kong Youth: Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Study

The Use of Close Friends on Instagram, Help-Seeking Willingness, and Suicidality Among Hong Kong Youth: Exploratory Sequential Mixed Methods Study

Sikky Shiqi Chen   1 , BSocSci ;   Tai Pong Lam   1 , MD, PhD ;   Kwok Fai Lam   2, 3 , PhD ;   Tak Lam Lo   4 , MBBS ;   David Vai Kiong Chao   5 , MBChB ;   Ki Yan Mak   1 , MD ;   Edmund Wing Wo Lam   1 , MBBS ;   Wai Sin Tang   1 , MA ;   Hoi Yan Chan   1 , MSc ;   Paul Siu Fai Yip   6, 7 , PhD

1 Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

2 Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

3 Centre for Quantitative Medicine, Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, Singapore

4 Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Hong Kong, China

5 Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Hospital Authority Kowloon East Cluster, Hong Kong, China

6 Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

7 Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Corresponding Author:

  • Tai Pong Lam, MD, PhD
  • Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care
  • The University of Hong Kong
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