IASP - Resources: Suicide Prevention and Social Media
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| Brief Communication Technology-Based Suicide Prevention: Current Applications and Future Directions Article published by Telemedicine and E-health reports on current and emerging technologies for suicide prevention. See Discussions and Future Developments. - Read more http://iasp.info/pdf/50-54.pdf | |
| Chicago Tribune - Psychologists debate social media role in suicide interventions Article notes that "Facebook posts can be warnings, but Internet also has new ethical dilemmas for schools, therapists." - Read more http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-02-01/news/ct-met-social-media-suicide-20120201_1_facebook-posts-social-media-suicide-prevention-program | |
| Clusters and Contagion in Suicidal Behaviour Browse to explore resources relating to clusters and contagion in suicidal behaviour. - Read more http://www.iasp.info/resources/Clusters_and_Contagion_in_Suicidal_Behaviour/ | |
| Emotional support and suicide prevention through the Internet: A field project report Paper by Azy Barak concludes,"exploiting the Internet for the purpose of emotional support and suicide prevention seems not only possible but highly desirable." - Read more http://construct.haifa.ac.il/~azy/Barak2007.pdf | |
| Facebook Partners with Lifeline, and You, to Offer an Online Suicide Prevention Service Article shares that National Suicide Prevention Lifeline has partnered with Facebook to provide a chat service for those who are in suicidal crisis. - Read more http://socialmediaweek.org/blog/tag/suicide-prevention/ | |
| Five Things You Can Do with Social Media to Prevent Suicide and Promote Mental Health Psychologist Sally Spenser Thomas shares her top five favorite ways to use social media to prevent suicide and to promote mental health. - Read more http://sallyspencerthomas.blogspot.com/2012/01/five-things-you-can-do-with-social.html | |
| IASP Resources: Suicide Prevention and New Technologies Browse to find resources and evidence-based research relating to suicide prevention and new technologies found in the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP) Web directory of suicide prevention resources. - Read more http://www.iasp.info/resources/Suicide_Prevention_and_New_Technologies/ | |
| news.com.au - Suicide prevention for social networks Article shares researchers from New Zealand's Victoria University say they have devised a program that scans posts to identify key words that people aged between 18 and 24 are using. - Read more http://www.news.com.au/technology/suicide-prevention-for-social-networks/story-e6frfro0-1225786559129 | |
| Panel Session: Social Media and Warning Signs Suicide Prevention Information new Zealand (SPINZ) offers a video of a panel discussion on how to use social media to spot people at risk through their online postings, and how to support and refer people for help. - Read more http://www.spinz.org.nz/page/172-2011-national-conference+panel-session-social-media-and-warning-signs | |
| Potential Role of the Internet in Suicide Prevention, The Paper discusses current research into the potential role of the Internet in suicide prevention through the provision of information, counselling and chat rooms. - Read more http://www.cphjournal.com/archive_journals/v5_1_109-130.pdf | |
| Recommendations for the Reporting of Suicide - Online Media Guidelines remind readers that most online stories also allow for public commentary. Websites and bloggers should develop policies and procedures for safe message board comments and monitor for hurtful messages or comments from posters who may be in crisis. - Read more http://reportingonsuicide.org/online-media/ | |
| Social media sites 'spur to suicide' Article reveals that text messaging and social media sites such as Bebo contributed to the spread of suicide in a spate of teen deaths, a New Zealand study has found. - Read more http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/6910234/Social-media-sites-spur-to-suicide | |
| Suicide and the Media Offers a selection of guides relating to the reporting of suicide in the media. - Read more http://www.iasp.info/resources/Suicide_and_the_Media/ | |
| Suicide Contagion Effect: Traditional Media and Social Media Article details the Canadian Psychiatric Association’s Media Guidelines for Reporting Suicide that note that "there is a significant evidence-base demonstrating that media reporting of suicides is linked to copycat suicides among youth and young adults under 24 years of age." - Read more http://www.care2.com/causes/suicide-contagion-effect-traditional-media-and-social-media.html | |
| Suicide Threats on Social network Site Centre for Suicide Prevention offers this guide relating to suicide prevention risk management as a potential caregiver and posible guidelines. - Read more http://www.sprc.org/sites/sprc.org/files/library/Suicide_threats_on_social_network_sites.pdf | |
| Using New Media Strategically in Suicide Prevention Efforts Offers a selection of resources handed out at the March, 2010, State and Tribal Suicide Prevention Grantees Meeting. - Read more http://www.sprc.org/news-events/conference/using-new-media-strategically-suicide-prevention-efforts | |
