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Medicine 2.0: Social Media, Open, Participatory, Collaborative Medicine (1999) Digital Mental Health Interventions, e-Mental Health and Cyberpsychology (2369) Infodemiology and Infoveillance (1618) Depression and Mood Disorders; Suicide Prevention (1802) Infoveillance, Infodemiology, Digital Disease Surveillance, Infodemic Management (1177) Intentional Self-Harm (148)

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Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/77828, first published .
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Self-Harm and Suicide-Related Content on TikTok: Thematic Analysis

Self-Harm and Suicide-Related Content on TikTok: Thematic Analysis

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Gillian Grant-Allen1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Lezhi Wang1, 3 Author Orcid Image ;   Jasmine Amini1, 4 Author Orcid Image ;   Simran Dhaliwal1 Author Orcid Image ;   Mark Sinyor1, 4, 5, 6 Author Orcid Image ;   Rachel HB Mitchell1, 4, 5, 6 Author Orcid Image
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