Internet has become an integral part of the life of millions of people in the Western countries and in the developing world. Millions of people search for mental health information on the Internet, and there is a lot. Multiple web sites offer a plethora of information on different topics. Recent research suggests that Internet may play a role in suicide prevention. At the same time, there is an increasing concern that Internet may promote suicidal behaviour. Some authors call Internet a double-edge tool. Internet providers try to seek a balance between preventing Internet-arranged suicides and safeguarding freedom of expression. The relationship between Internet and suicide is perplex. Understanding the impact of Internet on suicidal behaviour is an important challenge for future research. This book will contribute to this goal and will be of interest to clinicians, researchers, and the general public.
Author(s): Leo Sher, Alexander Vilens
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Year: 2009
Language: English
Pages: 474
INTERNET AND SUICIDE......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 10
INTRODUCTION......Page 12
VULNERABLE POPULATIONS......Page 13
Web-Sites Describing Methods......Page 14
Web-Sites that Oppose Established Treatments for Mental Illness......Page 15
Chat Rooms......Page 16
Acquisition of Dangerous Substances......Page 17
THE INTERNET IN THE PREVENTION OF SUICIDE......Page 18
Difficulty in Regulating Internet Content......Page 20
CONCLUSION......Page 21
REFERENCES......Page 22
ABSTRACT......Page 24
THE INFLUENCE OF MEDIA......Page 25
INTERNET AND HEALTH......Page 26
Newsgroups or Discussion Forums / Chat Rooms......Page 27
Support Groups/Help Line......Page 28
CONCLUSION......Page 29
REFERENCES......Page 30
ABSTRACT......Page 32
INTRODUCTION......Page 33
PURPOSE......Page 40
METHODS......Page 41
RESULTS......Page 42
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION......Page 44
The Advantages of the Internet......Page 46
The Disadvantages of the Internet......Page 47
Proposals......Page 48
REFERENCES......Page 49
INTRODUCTION......Page 52
THE CHALLENGE......Page 54
LEVERAGING THE POWER OF THE WEB......Page 55
Cost and Return on Investment......Page 56
STANDARDIZED TRAINING DELIVERED IN A STANDARDIZED FASHION......Page 57
Cultural Adaptation and Customization......Page 58
THE AUSTRALIAN EXPERIMENT......Page 59
RESULTS OF THE EVALUATION......Page 61
PERCEIVED SELF-EFFICACY......Page 63
CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR BY PARTICIPANTS......Page 66
DISCUSSION OF RESULTS OF THIS STUDY......Page 67
PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED......Page 68
CONCLUSION......Page 69
REFERENCES......Page 70
ABSTRACT......Page 74
INTRODUCTION......Page 75
HISTORY......Page 80
WORKSHOP CONTENT......Page 81
HUMAN RESOURCES AND INFRASTRUCTURE......Page 82
EVALUATION......Page 83
EVALUATION RESULTS......Page 84
CONCLUSION......Page 88
APPENDIX 1. WORKSHOP LEARNING OBJECTIVES......Page 89
REFERENCES......Page 90
INTRODUCTION......Page 92
THE INTERNET AS A FACILITATOR OF SUICIDE......Page 93
THE INTERNET AND SUICIDE PREVENTION......Page 95
SAHAR......Page 96
The Client......Page 97
The Process......Page 98
Discussion......Page 99
E-Therapy......Page 100
Caveats From Experiences with Telephone Therapy......Page 101
CONCLUSION......Page 103
REFERENCES......Page 104
INTRODUCTION......Page 110
INTERNET: E-MERGENCY ROOM......Page 112
SUICID-E-PREVENTION......Page 118
PRO-SUICID-E-LIMINATION......Page 122
REFERENCES......Page 124
INTRODUCTION: WHY FOCUS ON WARNING SIGNS?......Page 128
PUBLIC AWARENESS AND EDUCATION......Page 129
Quality of Information Online......Page 130
Internet User Behavior and the Impact of Health Information......Page 131
Effects of Exposure to Information about Suicide......Page 134
Warning Signs vs. Risk Factors......Page 135
AAS Consensus Warning Signs......Page 136
Resources for at Risk Individuals and Concerned Others......Page 139
Resources for Helping Professionals......Page 141
REFERENCES......Page 142
INTRODUCTION......Page 148
INFORMATION FROM THE CORONER’S REPORT......Page 150
INFORMATION FROM THE INTERVIEW WITH ANN’S MOTHER......Page 152
4. Recent Life Events Variables......Page 153
INFORMATION FROM ANN’S INSTANT MESSAGES AND WRITINGS RETRIEVED FROM HER COMPUTER......Page 154
DISCUSSION......Page 157
CONCLUSION......Page 159
REFERENCES......Page 160
INTRODUCTION......Page 164
REVIEW OF CASE REPORTS......Page 166
Age and Gender......Page 167
CASE STUDY: CHARCOAL BURNING SUICIDES ACROSS ASIAN COUNTRIES......Page 168
Theoretical Explanations......Page 173
Call for Research......Page 174
Evaluating the Interventions......Page 175
REFERENCES......Page 176
ABSTRACT......Page 180
INTRODUCTION......Page 181
The Quest for Understanding Suicide......Page 182
Suicide and the Internet......Page 183
THE CURRENT STUDY......Page 184
Data and Analysis......Page 185
Results......Page 186
Semiotic Analysis of Messages in an Online Support Group......Page 187
Semiotic Analysis of Messages in Personal Chats......Page 190
CONCLUSION......Page 192
REFERENCES......Page 194
INTRODUCTION......Page 196
TRADITIONAL SUICIDE PACTS......Page 197
CYBERSUICIDE PACTS......Page 198
ROLE OF THE INTERNET IN SUICIDE PACTS......Page 200
PREVENTION OF CYBERSUICIDES AND CYBERSUICIDE PACTS......Page 202
CONCLUSION......Page 204
REFERENCES......Page 205
INTRODUCTION......Page 208
THE INTERNET......Page 209
SUICIDE CONTAGION AMONG TEENS VIA INTERNET......Page 211
THE ROLE OF MEDIA......Page 212
“HEALING” RELATIONSHIP......Page 213
INTERNET AS A TOOL IN SCREENING OF SUICIDE......Page 214
ONLINE SUPPORT CHAT......Page 215
REFERENCES......Page 216
ABSTRACT......Page 220
INTRODUCTION......Page 221
THE CONSTRUCTION OF ‘US’ AND ‘THEM’......Page 223
CONSTRUCTION OF CUTTING AS AN ADDICTION......Page 225
THE PHYSICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF SELF-HARMING......Page 227
CONCLUSION......Page 229
REFERENCES......Page 230
ABSTRACT......Page 232
NUMBERS, LABELS AND ILLUSIONS......Page 233
ON THE INTERNET......Page 234
TO UNDERSTAND OR TO LISTEN?......Page 235
IS THERE A PLACE FOR PSYCHIATRY?......Page 236
THE PACE OF CHANGE......Page 237
ME AND I IN THE 21ST CENTURY......Page 238
Systemic Approach......Page 239
Empowerment Strategies......Page 240
CONCLUSION......Page 241
REFERENCES......Page 242
ABSTRACT......Page 244
KNOWN SUICIDE RISK FACTORS IN BORDERLINE PERSONALITY......Page 245
External Risk Factors......Page 246
General Conclusions......Page 247
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY AND HYPER-RESPONSIVENESS TO THE ENVIRONMENT......Page 248
CONTAGION PHENOMENA......Page 249
PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER......Page 250
REFERENCES......Page 251
ABSTRACT......Page 254
THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ADDICTIVE AND SUICIDAL BEHAVIOUR......Page 255
THE INTERNET AS A SOURCE FOR HELP AND SUPPORT......Page 256
INTERNET PAGES FOR HELP AND SUPPORT FOR ADDICTS IN ENGLISH AND IN GERMAN LANGUAGE......Page 257
CONCLUSION......Page 259
REFERENCES......Page 260
ABSTRACT......Page 266
INTRODUCTION......Page 267
CLASSICAL MASS MEDIA AND SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR......Page 268
THE INTERNET AND SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR......Page 269
PSYCHOTIC SUICIDE AND MASS MEDIA......Page 271
INTERNET THERAPEUTICAL POTENTIAL FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION IN PSYCHOTIC PATIENTS......Page 273
INTERNET RESOURCES......Page 275
REFERENCES......Page 279
INTRODUCTION......Page 284
CROSS-NATIONAL VARIATIONS IN ELDERLY SUICIDE RATES......Page 285
CROSS-NATIONAL AND NATIONAL STUDIES EXAMINING TRENDS IN ELDERLY SUICIDE RATES OVER TIME......Page 286
AGE-ASSOCIATED TRENDS IN SUICIDE RATES......Page 287
PITFALLS IN USING DATA ON ELDERLY SUICIDE RATES FROM THE INTERNET......Page 288
MISCELLANEOUS USE OF THE INTERNET IN RESEARCH OF ELDERLY SUICIDES......Page 289
CONCLUSION......Page 290
REFERENCES......Page 291
ABSTRACT......Page 296
The Internet and Suicide......Page 297
Who Is most Vulnerable?......Page 299
For Better or for Worse? Making the Best of it......Page 300
HOW CAN CLINICIANS HELP?......Page 301
REFERENCES......Page 302
BACKGROUND......Page 306
Data Analysis......Page 308
RESULTS......Page 310
DISCUSSION......Page 312
REFERENCES......Page 315
INTRODUCTION......Page 318
OVERVIEW OF SUICIDE IN JAPAN......Page 319
THE INTERNET AND SUICIDE......Page 321
SUICIDE WEBSITES......Page 323
INTERNET SUICIDE PACTS......Page 324
SUICIDE PREVENTION......Page 325
PREVENTION OF SUICIDE PACTS IN JAPAN......Page 326
REFERENCES......Page 327
ABSTRACT......Page 330
INTRODUCTION......Page 331
DIFFICULT SOCIAL CONDITIONS FOR JAPANESE GBQ MEN......Page 332
INTERNET STUDIES OF MILESTONE EVENTS AMONG JAPANESE GBQ MEN......Page 333
Milestone Events during Early Adulthood: Sexual Behavior......Page 335
MENTAL HEALTH, SUICIDAL IDEATION AND SUICIDE ATTEMPTS......Page 336
HETEROSEXUAL ROLE CONFLICT AND PRESSURES TO REMAIN INVISIBLE......Page 337
HIV PREVENTION IN JAPAN......Page 339
CONCLUSIONS......Page 340
REFERENCES......Page 341
INTRODUCTION......Page 344
III. Suicide Rates are Higher in Rural Areas than Urban Areas......Page 345
SUMMARY OF SOCIO-CULTURAL UNDERSTANDINGS OF UNIQUE CHINESE SUICIDE EPIDEMIOLOGY......Page 346
STATE OF CHINA’S MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES......Page 348
OVERVIEW OF SUICIDE EPIDEMIOLOGY FOR CHINESE URBAN YOUTH......Page 349
OVERVIEWS OF POPULAR PSYCHOSOCIAL EXPLANATIONS ON URBAN YOUTH SUICIDE......Page 351
INTERNET RELATED SUICIDE IN CHINA......Page 353
PROMINENT CHINESE VIEWS ON AND REACTIONS TO INTERNET RELATED SUICIDE......Page 354
CONCLUSION......Page 357
REFERENCES......Page 358
ABSTRACT......Page 366
INTRODUCTION......Page 367
CASE EXAMPLE OF A PERSON WITH ALS WHO IS CONSIDERING SUICIDE......Page 368
CIVIL LIABILITY FOR PHYSICIANS AND PSYCHOTHERAPISTS......Page 369
ETHICAL CODES, GUIDANCE STATEMENTS, AND THE INTERNET......Page 371
ETHICAL CODES, ORGANIZATIONAL STATEMENTS, AND ASSISTED OR RATIONAL SUICIDE......Page 372
EMPIRICAL LITERATURE, CONSULTATION, AND SELF-EXAMINATION......Page 374
INITIATING MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT ONLINE......Page 375
REFERENCES......Page 378
ABSTRACT......Page 384
INTRODUCTION......Page 385
THE INTERNET, MEDIA AND SUICIDE......Page 387
QUANTIFYING SUICIDE......Page 390
CONCLUSION......Page 395
REFERENCES......Page 397
INTRODUCTION......Page 402
DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE......Page 403
BIPOLAR DISORDER AND SUICIDE......Page 404
SCHIZOPHRENIA AND SUICIDE......Page 405
HISTORY OF SUICIDE ATTEMPTS......Page 406
COMORBID PHYSICAL ILLNESS AND SUICIDE......Page 407
POST DISCHARGE CLUSTERING OF SUICIDES......Page 408
CONCLUSION......Page 409
REFERENCES......Page 410
ABSTRACT......Page 414
POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER......Page 415
THE CONCEPT OF POST-TRAUMATIC MOOD DISORDER......Page 416
THE CONCEPT OF PTMD AND SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR IN WAR VETERANS......Page 418
POSSIBLE USE OF INTERNET-BASED THERAPIES......Page 419
REFERENCES......Page 420
INTRODUCTION......Page 426
INTERNET PENETRATION TRENDS IN JAPAN......Page 431
INTERNET SUICIDE TRENDS IN JAPAN......Page 432
INTERNET SUICIDE PREVENTION STRATEGIES......Page 433
CONCLUSION......Page 435
REFERENCES......Page 436
INDEX......Page 438
