Suicide and the internet
By S. Beatson, G. Hosty, S. Smith. 2000
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Sir: In his paper on the potential influence of the internet on suicide, Thompson ([1999][1]) considered the availability of dangerous information and the existence of certain sites advocating suicide. Several cases of completed suicide, using methods described on the internet, have been reported
Subfields: Clinical Psychology, General Health Professions, Social Psychology
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In Clinical Psychology
In General Health Professions
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Citations in the corpus
- Do Internet self-harm discussion groups alleviate or exacerbate self-harming behaviour? (2006, background): “Horrigan, 2001 ). Web sites are also an increasingly popular source for obtaining health-related information (Griffiths, Tang, Hawking & Christensen, 2005).”
- Online information, extreme communities and internet therapy: Is the internet good for our mental health? (2007, background): “…may be more likely to take their own lives owing to group conformity effects (Lee et al., 2005; Rajagopal, 2004) and that the availability of information on effective methods might lead to an increase in completed suicides (Alao et al., 1999; Becker et al., 2004; Prior, 2004; Thompson, 1999; 2001).”