Suicide and the Internet
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Suicide and the Internet have increasingly important relationships as Internet use becomes more ubiquitous.
Several Internet suicides have occurred, and issues involving
Internet cults" and the desire for achieving prestige via online memorials may encourage suicides.[3]
Although there are concerns that the Internet may be a dangerous platform, where suicidal people might find suicide methods or encouragement to kill themselves,[4] research has shown that the internet is more likely to have a positive than a negative influence.[5][6]
See also
- Social media and suicide
- Internet homicide
- Blue Whale Challenge
- Instagram's impact on people
- Death of Conrad Roy
- We found a dead body in the Japanese Suicide Forest..., a controversial YouTube video about the discovery of a suicide victim's body
References
- S2CID 205804938
- PMID 17397280
- ^ Nick Britten and Richard Savill (23 Jan 2008), Police fear internet cult inspires teen suicides, Telegraph
- PMID 15285986
- ^ Kemp, C. G., & Collings, S. C. (2011). Hyperlinked suicide: Assessing the prominence and accessibility of suicide websites. Crisis, 32(3), 143-151. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000068
- ^ Harris, K. M. (2015). Life vs. death: The suicidal mind online. In E. Aboujaoude & V. Starcevic (Eds.), Mental Health in the Digital Age: Grave Dangers, Great Promise (pp. 135-151). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.