Suicide Announcement on Facebook

Ruder, Thomas D.; Hatch, Gary M.; Ampanozi, Garyfalia; Thali, Michael J.; Fischer, Nadja

doi:10.1027/0227-5910/a000086

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“…All but five of the identified SNS studies reported on participant data, with the remaining studies including one systematic review, one general literature review, two pieces discussing SNS in the context of clinical practice, and a descriptive networking study. Ages ranged between 12-85 years; however, with the exception of the systematic review paper [22], the two case study reports [54,59], and the analysis of online support group postings [60], all included studies focused on young people (eg, those aged 25 years or younger).…”

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Online and Social Networking Interventions for the Treatment of Depression in Young People: A Systematic Review

Rice¹,

Goodall²,

Hetrick³

et al. 2014

J Med Internet Res

178

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BackgroundMajor depression accounts for the greatest burden of all diseases globally. The peak onset of depression occurs between adolescence and young adulthood, and for many individuals, depression displays a relapse-remitting and increasingly severe course. Given this, the development of cost-effective, acceptable, and population-focused interventions for depression is critical. A number of online interventions (both prevention and acute phase) have been tested in young people with promising results. As these interventions differ in content, clinician input, and modality, it is important to identify key features (or unhelpful functions) associated with treatment outcomes.ObjectiveA systematic review of the research literature was undertaken. The review was designed to focus on two aspects of online intervention: (1) standard approaches evaluating online intervention content in randomized controlled designs (Section 1), and (2) second-generation online interventions and services using social networking (eg, social networking sites and online support groups) in any type of research design (Section 2).MethodsTwo specific literature searches were undertaken. There was no date range specified. The Section 1 search, which focused on randomized controlled trials, included only young people (12-25 years) and yielded 101 study abstracts, of which 15 met the review inclusion criteria. The Section 2 search, which included all study design types and was not restricted in terms of age, yielded 358 abstracts, of which 22 studies met the inclusion criteria. Information about the studies and their findings were extracted and tabulated for review.ResultsThe 15 studies identified in Section 1 described 10 trials testing eight different online interventions, all of which were based on a cognitive behavioral framework. All but one of the eight identified studies reported positive results; however, only five of the 15 studies used blinded interviewer administered outcomes with most trials using self-report data. Studies varied significantly in presentation of intervention content, treatment dose, and dropout. Only two studies included moderator or clinician input. Results for Section 2 were less consistent. None of the Section 2 studies reported controlled or randomized designs. With the exception of four studies, all included participants were younger than 25 years of age. Eight of the 16 social networking studies reported positive results for depression-related outcomes. The remaining studies were either mixed or negative. Findings for online support groups tended to be more positive; however, noteworthy risks were identified.ConclusionsOnline interventions with a broad cognitive behavioral focus appear to be promising in reducing depression symptomology in young people. Further research is required into the effectiveness of online interventions delivering cognitive behavioral subcomponents, such as problem-solving therapy. Evidence for the use of social networking is less compelling, although limited by a lack of well-designed ...

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confidence: 99%

Online and Social Networking Interventions for the Treatment of Depression in Young People: A Systematic Review

Rice¹,

Goodall²,

Hetrick³

et al. 2014

J Med Internet Res

178

141

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“…11 The existence of "pro-suicide" sites on the Internet and in social media 12 may further increase risk by providing details of various ways to commit suicide, as well as evaluations ranking these methods by effectiveness, amount of pain involved and length of time to produce death. [13][14][15] Our primary objective was to present the patterns of suicide among children and adolescents (aged 10-19 years) in Canada. studies describing the implementation of the ICD-10 in 2000 to understand trends in mortality between the ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 concluded that there was no effect on the continuity of suicide data.…”

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Suicide among children and adolescents in Canada: trends and sex differences, 1980–2008

Skinner

McFaull

2012

CMAJ

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“…Even, people are unwilling to help his/her Facebook friend what are the factors that stimulate Facebook friends to provoke a vulnerable friend to commit suicide. This domain need furthers study as a number of projects and programs have been taken to reduce depression and prevent suicide using Facebook [7,8]. These initiatives are optimistic as Facebook gives unique opportunity to prevent depression as more than a quarter of the global population are connected here.…”

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Suicide on Facebook-the Tale of an Unnoticed Departure in Bangladesh. (Preprint)

Soron¹

2018

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UNSTRUCTURED Facebook has transformed the concept of our traditional communication and emerged as a new medium for suicide communication. However, a number of social and health related problems deserve attention as its popularity increases rapidly over time. In this case, I report the suicide of a female model in Bangladesh who completed her suicide after posting a series of statements on her Facebook. These posts were visible to her a quarter million of Facebook friends and followers. However, none of them took any serious step to prevent the suicide rather they provoked her to complete the suicide. This reluctant attitude of this large number of followers deserve exploration and notification because a number of researchers are considering Facebook as an effective platform to prevent suicide and provide prevention. Moreover, this is the first reported case of suicide of a controversial celebrity from South East Asia. People may have a different attitude to a suicide post related response in different sociocultural.

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Suicide Announcement on Facebook

Cited by 115 publications

References 7 publications

Online and Social Networking Interventions for the Treatment of Depression in Young People: A Systematic Review

Online and Social Networking Interventions for the Treatment of Depression in Young People: A Systematic Review

Suicide among children and adolescents in Canada: trends and sex differences, 1980–2008

Suicide on Facebook-the Tale of an Unnoticed Departure in Bangladesh. (Preprint)

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