Websites and discussion
forums have become an important and sometimes controversial source of
information on suicide. Using a case report, our aim was to examine the
responses, attitudes and beliefs that were communicated on a forum before,
during and after a suicide act.
We undertook two related analyses: a
qualitative investigation of the messages that were posted before the suicide
and a combined qualitative–quantitative analysis of the messages posted during
and after the suicide.
Nearly half the posted messages before the suicide
encouraged the victim to complete the suicidal act, and a surprising number of
posts after the suicide expressed excitement, although around half of the posts
considered the suicide to be tragic.
It is of great importance to increase
awareness of suicide signals and understanding about how to respond to individuals
who communicate suicide intentions on different forums on the internet.
Below: Number of posts in the communication thread over time
Below: Attitudes to the thread starter's suicide
Below: Opportunities for prevention
Below: Responsibility for the thread starter's suicide
Below: Reasons why the thread starter took his own life
Below: Perceptions of the images of the thread starter's suicide
Full article at: http://goo.gl/Vss9Cx
, PhD, National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention of Mental
Ill-Health (NASP), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm and Department of Media
Studies, Stockholm University, Stockholm,, PhD, and, MD, PhD, National Centre for Suicide Reserach
and Prevention of Mental Ill-Health (NASP), Karolinska Instituetet, Stockholm,
Sweden
Correspondence: Michael Westerlund, Stockholm
University, IMS/JMK, Postbox 27 861, SE-115 93, Stockholm, Sweden. Email:es.us.smi@dnulretsew.leahcim
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