Social media embraces suicide prevention

L Eggertson - 2015 - Can Med Assoc
Daniel Reidenberg was scanning Facebook for his suicide-prevention organization when he
saw the post from a clearly suicidal young woman. A new widow with a young baby, she had …

Suicide rates increasing; researchers especially worried about teens

A Knopf - The Brown University Child and Adolescent Behavior …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in June reported a 30%
increase in suicides from 2000 to 2016, and although rates went up across all age groups …

[PDF][PDF] SUICIDE COMMUNICATIONS ON FACEBOOK Suicide communications on Facebook as a source of information in suicide research: A case study

PWC Wong, GKH Wong, TMH Li - Sucidology Online, 2017 - suicidology-online.com
Social networking sites such as Facebook, have become one of the major platforms for
global communication and information exchange. This modern many-to-many …

[HTML][HTML] Responsible reporting to prevent suicide contagion

I Colman - CMAJ, 2018 - Can Med Assoc
Reassuringly, research on celebrity suicide also provides a glimmer of hope. In the three
months following Robin Williams' death, helpful search engine terms related to suicide …

College students' responses to suicidal content on social networking sites: An examination using a simulated facebook newsfeed

DJ Corbitt‐Hall, JM Gauthier, MT Davis… - Suicide and Life …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Although Facebook has a peer‐initiated suicide prevention protocol, little is known about
users' abilities to notice, recognize, and appropriately interpret suicidal content or about their …

Adolescent suicide statements on MySpace

SJ Cash, M Thelwall, SN Peck, JZ Ferrell… - … , Behavior, and Social …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
The use of social networking sites (SNSs) has proliferated throughout the last several years
for all populations, but especially adolescents. Media reports have also identified several …

Responses to a self-presented suicide attempt in social media

K Fu, Q Cheng, PWC Wong, PSF Yip - Crisis, 2013 - econtent.hogrefe.com
Background: The self-presentation of suicidal acts in social media has become a public
health concern. Aims: This article centers on a Chinese microblogger who posted a wrist …

Associations between social media and suicidal behaviors during a youth suicide cluster in Ohio

EA Swedo, JL Beauregard, S de Fijter, L Werhan… - Journal of Adolescent …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose Youth suicide clusters may be exacerbated by suicide contagion—the spread of
suicidal behaviors. Factors promoting suicide contagion are poorly understood, particularly …

Monitoring social media and technology use to prevent youth suicide and school violence

J Byars, E Graybill, Q Wellons, L Harper - Contemporary school …, 2020 - Springer
With suicide as the second leading cause of death for individuals between the ages of 10
and 34 and with mass school shootings averaging once per year, schools are exploring …

[PDF][PDF] The importance of social media content for teens' risks for self-harm

M George - Journal of Adolescent Health, 2019 - researchgate.net
Rates of depression, self-harm, and suicide among adolescents in the United States have
steadily increased over the last 10 or so years, particularly among adolescent girls [1, 2] …